Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism

<em>The Symbolic Scenarios of Islamism</em> initiates a dialogue between the discourse of three of the most discussed figures in the history of the Sunni Islamic movement-Hasan al-Banna Sayyid Qutb and Osama bin Laden-and contemporary debates across religion and political theory providing a crucial foundation upon which to situate current developments in world politics. Redressing the inefficiency of the terms in which the debate on Islam and Islamism is generally conducted the book examines the role played by tradition modernity and transmodernity as major symbolic scenarios of Islamist discourses highlighting the internal complexity and dynamism of Islamism. By uncovering forms of knowledge that have hitherto gone unnoticed or have been marginalised by traditional and dominant approaches to politics accounting for central political ideas in non-Western sources and in the Global South the book provides a unique contribution towards rethinking the nature of citizenship antagonism space and frontiers required today. While offering valuable reading for scholars of Islamic studies religious studies and politics it provides a critical perspective for academics with an interest in discourse theory post-colonial theory political philosophy and comparative political thought.