Civil society and Islam
A Sociological Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4180164 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Masoud Kamali (0000-0003-1453-5201, Uppsala University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 457-482 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003975601001059 |
| OpenAlex | W2119450832 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 1 |
Recent political developments in Iran, Turkey, Egypt and Algeria, among others, suggest the possible emergence of an indigenous Islamic path of democratic formation. However, the conventional western interpretations, of religion, and in particular of Islam, leave little room for the recognition of the actual, complex development of such Islamic countries. Defining Islam and modernity as two more or less incompatible phenomena fails to recognize the potentialities of developing modern democratic Islamic societies with their cultural elements and particularities. Many Muslim countries themselves fail to see or are unwilling to recognize their own civil societies and their dynamic potentialities and to accept, in Locke's term, 'the sovereignty of civil society'. Although the notion of a traditional civil society in the Islamic countries is controversial, I contend that neither individualism nor democratic institutions have been or are necessary for a civil society to exist. The basis of a civil society is the existence of influential civil groups and their institutions that can, through established mechanisms counterbalance state power. Analyzing civil society in Muslim countries requires that we recognize Islam not only as a religion, but also as a political theory and the major source of a legitimization of political power
Civil society · Democracy · Indigenous · Individualism · Islam · Modernity · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science) · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Religion and Society Interactions
The Islamic Republic of Iran and Its Opposition
Civil Society and Democratic Change in the Arab World
Civil Society Organizations
Sociology and Anthropology of Islam
Negotiating the Sacred
Expressions of Religiosity and Blasphemy in Modern Societies
Civil Society on the Move in Amsterdam
Modernity, Civil Society, and Sectarianism
Beyond the “NGOization” of Civil Society
Sumbangan Tradisi Barat dan Islam Terhadap Idea Masyarakat Sivil
Quran-Bible Validation in Contemporary Indonesia
Coupling multilevel perspective with causal layered analysis on non-reflexive societies the case of socio-technical system of car fuel in Iran
Claiming space in civil society. Young Muslim moral personhoods in Bangladesh and Italy
Civil Society, Globalization, and Global Civil Society
Multiple modernities and mass communications in Muslim countries
Securing the Market, Pacifying Civil Society, Empowering Women
Democracy and the re-consolidation of authoritarian rule in Egypt
The Cosmopolitan Imagination
Europe and Asia beyond East and West
Multiple Modernities and Islamism in Iran
Vernacularization of liberal civil society by transnational Islamist NGO networks
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,05 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2024 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |