Religion and State in Libya

The Politics of Identity

Bibliographic Data

ID9766910
AuthorsLisa Anderson (0000-0003-2574-5562)
Year1986
Volume483
Issue1
Pages61-72
Publication date1986-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716286483001006
OpenAlexW2143778024
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited7

Striking as the role of religion has been in the modern political history of Libya, it illustrates ambiguities in political identity that are, in fact, common throughout the Muslim Arab world. The tensions between the concepts of political legitimacy bequeathed by the historical Islamic empires and Western-inspired notions of ethnic nationalism and state patriotism have created dilemmas for rulers and the ruled in the Muslim Arab world since the beginning of the twentieth century. The Libyan governments' reliance on Islamic formulas to inspire political loyalty reflects the weakness of both Arab and Libyan nationalist traditions in the country. Qadhdhafi's revolutionary ideology constitutes an effort to transcend the dilemmas of Libyan national identity, but it has not proved persuasive to most of his compatriots

Aesthetics · Identity (music · Ideology · Islam · Legitimacy · Loyalty · National identity · Nationalism · Patriotism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture analysis · Gender Studies · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · History · Law · Philosophy

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