Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This edited volume conceives of International Relations (IR) not as a unilateral project, but more as an intellectual platform. It is in this vein of thought that each contributor explores Islamic contributions to the field, addressing the theories and practices of the Islamic civilization and of Muslim societies with regards to international affairs and to the discipline of IR. The inclusion of Muslim contributions is not meant to create an isolationist, judicious divide between what is Islamic and what is not. Instead, this study supports the inclusion of that knowledge as a building block in the field of IR. An outcome of the Co-IRIS team (International Relations and Islamic Studies Research Cohort), this study draws together the combined expertise scholars of Islam in international affairs.
Synopsis
PART I: TOWARDS AN ISLAMIC CONTRIBUTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY: SETTING THE STAGE
1. Fundamentals of Islam in International Relations; Ali Akbar Alikhani
2. Islamic Norms and Values in International Relations and their Reinterpretation in AKP-Governed Turkey; Lili Yulyadi Arnakim
3. Oppressors and Oppressed Reconsidered: A Shi'itologic Perspective on the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah's Outlook on International Relations; Raffaele Mauriello and Seyed Mohammad Marandi
PART II: DIPLOMACY, JUSTICE, AND NEGOTIATIONS IN ISLAMIC THOUGHT
4. Ibn Khald n's Historical Sociology and the Concept of Change in International Relations Theory; Faruk Yalva
5. From the Tripartite Division to Universal Humanism: An Alternative Islamic Global International Relations; Ahmed Al-Dawoody
6. Democracy and Secularism: The Binary Divide between Faith and Reason; Deina Abdelkader
PART III: CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM INSIGHTS ON MUSLIM GOVERNANCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
7. 'The Parting of the Ways' - A Qutbian Approach to International Relations; Carimo Mohomed
8. Constructing an Islamic Theory of IR: The Case of Y?suf al-Qara w?, Ummah, Jih?d and the World; Rodolfo Ragionieri
9: Malaysia's Islam Hadhari and the Role of the Nation-State in International Relations; Muhamad Ali