Contesting the Saudi State
Islamic Voices from a New Generation
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- Author: Madawi Al-Rasheed, University of London
- Date Published: November 2006
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- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521858366
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The terms Wahhabi or Salafi are seen as interchangeable and frequently misunderstood by outsiders. However, as Madawi al-Rasheed explains in a fascinating exploration of Saudi Arabia in the twenty-first century, even Saudis do not agree on their meaning. Under the influence of mass education, printing, new communication technology, and global media, they are forming their own conclusions and debating religion and politics in traditional and novel venues, often violating official taboos and the conservative values of the Saudi society. Drawing on classical religious sources, contemporary readings and interviews, Al-Rasheed presents an ethnography of consent and contest, exploring the fluidity of the boundaries between the religious and political. Bridging the gap between text and context, the author also examines how states and citizens manipulate religious discourse for purely political ends, and how this manipulation generates unpredictable reactions whose control escapes those who initiated them.
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Awards
- Contesting the Saudi State has been listed by American Choice magazine as one of the outstanding academic books of 2007.
Reviews & endorsements
'This is an extraordinarily interesting and highly nuanced book, a welcome relief from the conventional journalistic banalities about 'Islam' and 'Saudi Arabia' which substitute for proper analysis in the media, or even on some of the lower foothills of academia.' Peter Sluglett, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
See more reviews'… the book is essential reading to understand the medley of tensions buzzing away in a society that remains so opaque to outsiders. A hundred years ago the Raj was able to shape our conceptual vocabulary and succeeded in associating Wahhabism with malevolence. Today we have a better understanding of hegemonic discourses and can be wary of the traps.' Salaam
'… even when her book deals with relatively worn ground, the perspective she takes allows new insights. … Contesting the Saudi State succeeds admirably, and deserves the widest possible readership.' www.saudidebate.com
'… it is a thought-provoking effort, which will interest all those who want to study the role of Saudi Arabia in the regional or international context.' Ather Zaidi, Islamic Studies
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- Date Published: November 2006
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521858366
- length: 334 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.62kg
- contains: 1 map
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Glossary
Maps
Introduction
1. Consenting subjects: official Wahhabi religio-political discourse
2. Re-enchanting politics: Sahwis from contestation to co-optation
3. Struggling for the way of God abroad: from localism to transnationalism
4. Struggling for the way of God at home: the politics and poetics of jihad
5. Debating Salafis: Lewis Atiyat Allah and the jihad obligation
6. Searching for the unmediated word of God
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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