{"product_id":"on-muslim-democracy-essays-and-dialogues-hardcover","title":"On Muslim Democracy: Essays and Dialogues - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRached Ghannouchi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAndrew F. March\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany Muslim intellectuals and political activists have begun to move beyond classical political Islam to embrace a more pluralistic, democratic order by developing the concept of \"Muslim democracy.\" Perhaps the most prominent example is the Tunisian Ennahda Party, which declared itself to no longer be \"Islamist\" but a \"Muslim Democratic\" party in 2016. While there has been some scholarship on the phenomenon of \"Muslim democracy,\" this book represents the first volume in English to offer a translation of primary source texts elaborating its ideological contours. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe head of the Ennahda Party, and an internationally prominent Muslim political thinker and intellectual, Rached Ghannouchi is known around the world as the preeminent theorist of a reconciliation between modern Islamic political thought and democratic theory. \u003cem\u003eOn Muslim Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e gathers a number of Ghannouchi's most important essays, making them available in English for the first time. The book also includes a lengthy philosophical-theological dialogue between Ghannouchi and American political theorist Andrew March. In the dialogues, March and Ghannouchi discuss the influences on and evolution of Ghannouchi's thought, and the meaning of concepts like democracy, pluralism, justice, and law across Islamic and Western philosophical traditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume presents a well-rounded view into the influential work of Rached Ghannouchi, further supported by previously unpublished, illuminating conversations on critical topics in Muslim politics.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRached Ghannouchi \u003c\/strong\u003eis one of the world's leading Islamic thinkers, who served as speaker of the Tunisian Parliament between 2019 and 2021. He has written dozens of books in Arabic, many of which have been translated into other languages, including \u003cem\u003ePublic Freedoms in the Islamic State\u003c\/em\u003e, which has just been published in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew F. March \u003c\/strong\u003eis Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has also taught political theory and Islamic political thought at Harvard, Yale and NYU. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Caliphate of Man: Popular Sovereignty in Modern Islamic Thought \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eIslam and Liberal Citizenship: The Search for an Overlapping Consensus\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.9 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755506958624,"sku":"9780197666876","price":150.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dbc5b97b3cffe6d4eedaba6ea11cb446.webp?v=1780060927","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/on-muslim-democracy-essays-and-dialogues-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}