Resurgent Islam: A Sociological ApproachISBN: 978-0-7456-3233-9
Paperback
248 pages
November 2005, Polity
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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“Aims to offer a refreshing and rigorous sociological
analysis of the worldwide resurgence of Islam, focusing on
‘the underlying social processes produced by the expanding
figurational relations of interdependent people within Muslim
societies and between nation-states’. This aim is achieved
with style. Lucidly and confidently written, this book uses
sociological perspectives to challenge as well as improve current
understanding of, and explanation for,the growth of the Islamic
faith and activism across the world, significantly since
9/11.”
British Journal of Sociology
British Journal of Sociology
“While the sociology of Islam flourished in the early
twentieth century, recent contributions to the sociology of
'resurgent Islam' have been modest. Sutton and Vertigans have
therefore made an important contribution towards bringing sociology
back in. Their highly readable account of Islam draws on
sociological studies of suicide, the civilising process,
globalization theory, clash of civilisations thesis, secularisation
theory and the analysis of the state. The result is a comprehensive
theoretical framework that is sociological, scholarly and
stimulating.”
Bryan S. Turner, National University of Singapore