Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction, by Aaron W. Hughes and Global Salafism: Islam’s New Religious Movement, edited by Roel Meijer

Authors

  • Emin Poljarevic University of Edinburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.v8i1-2.214

Keywords:

Islamic Studies, Esposito, Salafism, Religious Movement

Abstract

Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction, by Aaron W. Hughes. Acumen Publishing, 2012. 224pp., Pb. £19.99. ISBN-139781844657902.

Global Salafism: Islam’s New Religious Movement, edited by Roel Meijer. Columbia University Press, 2009. 463pp. Hb. $35.00. ISBN-13: 9780199326280; Pb. $27.50, ISBN-13: 9780199333431.

Author Biography

  • Emin Poljarevic, University of Edinburgh
    Emin Poljarevic is a Visiting Scholar at the Politics and International Relations department at the University of Edinburgh. A part of his current research focuses on Islamist mobilization within the framework of social movement studies, studies of state repression, and dynamics of social motivations. His forthcoming book Islamist Grassroots and Youth Activism: A Sociology of the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafi Movement in Egypt, will be published by Ashgate Publishing Ltd., as a part of "The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest and Culture" book series.

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Published

2014-07-08

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1-2 (2012)

Section

Book Reviews

License

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How to Cite

Poljarevic, E. (2014). Theorizing Islam: Disciplinary Deconstruction and Reconstruction, by Aaron W. Hughes and Global Salafism: Islam’s New Religious Movement, edited by Roel Meijer. Comparative Islamic Studies, 8(1-2), 214-219. https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.v8i1-2.214