Islam and international relations : exploring community and the limits of universalism / Faiz Sheikh.

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International Relations tends to rely on concepts that developed on the European continent, obscuring the fact that its history is far less international than one might expect. But in today s global world, who does this ignore and marginalize? And what impact does that have on the discipline s poten...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Global dialogues (London, England)
Main Author: Sheikh, Faiz (Author)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2016]
Series:Global dialogues (London, England)
Subjects:
Islam and international relations.
Islam and world politics.
Islamic countries > Foreign relations.
Diplomatic relations.
Islamic countries.
Physical Description:xiv, 205 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Islam and politics
  • Warming up: the state vs. the umma
  • The main event: liberalism vs. islamism vs. poststructuralism
  • Structure of the book
  • Islam(ism) and international relations
  • International relations, islam, and the secular bias
  • A framework for studying religion in international relations
  • Postcolonial critiques of modernity
  • Poststructuralism and Islam: a shared agenda?
  • The study of religion in IR
  • Unpacking political islam using constructivism
  • Problems and limitations
  • Sovereignty and political Islam
  • Accounting for community
  • Value pluralism and the "international" of international relations
  • To what extent is an Islamic notion of international relations tenable?