Anarca-Islam
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Authors
Abdou, Mohamed
Date
2009-09-08T17:24:58Z
Type
thesis
Language
eng
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Anarchism , Islam , Social Movements , Poststructuralist Political Philosophy , Post-colonial Theory
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As an anarchist and a Muslim, I have witnessed troubled times as a result of extreme divisions that exist between these two identities and communities. To minimize these divisions, I argue for an anti-capitalist and anti-authoritarian Islam, an ‘anarca-Islam’, that disrupts two commonly held beliefs: one, that Islam is necessarily authoritarian and capitalist; two, that anarchism is necessarily anti-religious. From this position I offer ‘anarca-Islam’ which I believe can help open-minded (non-essentialist/non-dogmatic) Muslims and anarchists to better understand each other, and therefore to more effectively collaborate in the context of what Richard JF Day has called the ’newest’ social movements.
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Thesis (Master, Sociology) -- Queen's University, 2009-09-08 12:11:39.996
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