Download or read book Reading in Al Mushtarak written by Ibrahim Allawi and published by . This book was released on 2024-08-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ibrahim Allawi's classic, Reading in Al-Mushtarak: A System for Democratic Socialism offers an important and timely exploration of revolutionary theory through a lens of Arab-Islamic history and socialist thought. Edited and translated for the very first time into the English language by Ali Al-Assam and Majid Allawi, this brilliant work provides an essential guide for those seeking to understand the intersections of Islamic philosophy and Marxist thought, advocating for a collaborative, democratic future. A must-read for scholars and activists, Reading in Al-Mushtarak presents a visionary framework for a contemporary socialism that is both deeply rooted in historical context and boldly forward-thinking. "This work addresses a significant gap in the literature on socialist movements in the Middle East, with a focus on the Communist movement. It highlights the work of the late Ibrahim Allawi, an influential Iraqi communist leader who developed a highly sophisticated, rich, illuminating, and comprehensive theory of socialism. Allawi's theory was developed by examining the experiences of international socialist movements and the role of Islamic philosophical thought. It is extensive in its coverage and very carefully documented. The work has the potential to significantly enrich the field and I highly recommend it to students and scholars." -Tareq Y. Ismael, Professor of Political Science at the University of Calgary, Canada. Co-editor of the Journal of Contemporary Iraq & the Arab World and president of the International Centre for Contemporary Middle Eastern Studies, Tareq Y. Ismael has made significant contributions to the field. He is the author/co-author and editor of numerous works on Iraq and the Middle East, including Iraq: The Human Cost of History (2003), The Iraqi Predicament: People in the Quagmire of Power Politics (2004), The Rise and Fall of the Communist Party in Iraq (2008), Cultural Cleansing: Why Museums Were Looted, Libraries Burned and Academics Murdered (2010), The Sudanese Communist Party: Ideology and Party Politics (2013), International Relations of the Contemporary Middle East (2014), Government and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East: Continuity and Change (2nd ed.), Iraq in the Twenty-First Century: Regime Change and the Making of a Failed State (2015), and Government and Politics of the Contemporary Middle East: Discontinuity and Turbulence (3rd ed., 2024). "For anyone interested in alternative ways of organizing democracy this is an informative, stimulating and provocative text. Our critical and imaginative capabilities are nurtured here by a synthesis of historical and cross-cultural reflections on democratic socialism with a heavy emphasis on cooperation and community in a context of shared power, wealth and decision-making. In this time of substantial democratic deficits, Reading in Al-Mushtarak provides an intensely humane basis for the sort of relational, grass-roots democracy forged in cooperative, respectful dialogue. This could be the basis for the larger democratic social transformations of equity, voice, and control that have hitherto largely eluded revolutionary moments, or, more simply, could enhance local initiatives that, however much they improve material conditions, suffer from lack of bottom-up power-sharing and influence." -Mick McKeown, Professor of Democratic Mental Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Central Lancashire.

Download or read book Contemporary Arab Political Thought written by Anouar Abdel-Malek and published by London : Zed Press ; Totowa, N.J. : U.S. distributor, Biblio Distribution Center. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Democracy Human Rights and Law in Islamic Thought written by Mohammed Abed al-Jabri and published by I. B. Tauris. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mohammad Abed al-Jabri is one of the most influential political philosophers in the contemporary Middle East. A critical rationalist in the tradition of Avincenna and Averroes, he emphasizes the distinctive political and cultural heritage of the Arab world whilst rejecting the philosophical discourses that have been used to obscure its democratic deficit. This volume introduces an English-language audience for the first time to writings that have had a major impact on Arab political thought. Wide-ranging in scope yet focused in detail, these essays interrogate concepts such as democracy, law, and human rights, looking at how they have been applied in the history of the Arab world, and show that they are determined by political and social context, not by Islamic doctrine. Jabri argues that in order to develop democratic societies in which human rights are respected, the Arab world cannot simply rely on old texts and traditions. Nor can it import democratic models from the West. Instead, he says, a new tradition will have to be forged by today's Arabs themselves, on their own terms.

Download or read book Arab Liberal Thought after 1967 written by Meir Hatina and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume aims at confronting the image of the Middle East as a region that is fraught with totalitarian ideologies, authoritarianism and conflict. It gives voice and space to other, more liberal and adaptive narratives and discourses that endorse the right to dissent, question the status quo, and offer alternative visions for society.