The revolutionary tradition in Islam
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2359402 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Hodgkin (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 138-151 |
| Publication date | 1980-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History Workshop Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-3554 • E-ISSN: 1477-4569 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/hwj/10.1.138 |
| OpenAlex | W2087792549 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Palestine at the time of the outbreak of the Arab revolt in April 1936, and indeed before that. It has always seemed to me a subject of immense importance. Now is perhaps a moment when one might try to think again about it in the context of the Iranian revolution partly, of course (these questions seemed to crop up from time to time in the recent special issue of Race & Class), but also of the continuing failure to achieve revolution in the Arab world and the sharpness of its internal conflicts. What in the Muslim world generally is the way forward? I feel some diffidence about writing this very unlearned article, which is meant simply as a contribution to discussion. I know too little about recent work on the subject. I have not spent time recently in any part of the Muslim world. I am not a practising Muslim, and I am often bothered by the uncomprehending, misrepresenting way in which non-Muslims write about Islam as uncomprehending and misrepresenting as much that non-marxists write about marxism. I am some kind of would-be practising marxist. But, just as a Muslim cannot say 'I am a believer', but only 'In sha'allah ana mu'min '-'If God wills, I am a Believer', so probably I should say 'In sha'allah if nature and history (including my nature and my history) permit, I am a marxist'. But my main justification for trying to say something about this question is simply its intrinsic seriousness. After all that (as they say), let me try to state a few basic presuppositions
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2005 (23) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |