Ḥasan al‐Bannā or the Politicisation of Islam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19477474 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ana Belén Soage (0000-0002-6003-7679, Universidad de Granada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 21-42 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Totalitarian Movements & Political Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1469-0764 • E-ISSN: 1743-9647 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14690760701856374 |
| OpenAlex | W2025344701 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The politicisation of Islam can be traced back to the establishment of the Muslim Brothers’ Society in Egypt in the late 1920s. Its founder, Ḥasan al‐Bannā, was greatly influenced by the European political religions that appeared in the first decades of the twentieth century, and there were significant similarities between the Society’s organisation and that of fascist parties. In addition, al‐Bannā embraced totalitarianism and developed the notion of Islam as a ‘comprehensive’ system. Finally, his worldview shows striking parallelisms with that of the totalitarian ideologues, with its depiction of history as a process of decline from a mythical past, and of the Muslim Brothers as the saviours who will lead the nation back to the lost utopia
Art · Depiction · Ideology · Islam · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Utopia · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |