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Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma. By Peter Mandaville. New York: Routledge, 2001. 235p. $85.00

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2004

Akbar S. Ahmed
Akbar S. Ahmed
Affiliation:
American University
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Scholars of contemporary Islam in thrall to ideas of globalization are constantly surprised at what Peter Mandaville calls “transnational Muslim politics” and others call “diasporic Islam”: the assumption that a village or tribal society is now truly international. They point to the transformations taking place in society and the consequences therein. Some of the political turbulence is attributed to the rapid changes taking place in these societies. Like Mandaville, they are inclined to cite examples of individuals (like the scholar Mohammed Arkoun) who are born in one part of the traditional Muslim world (North Africa) and live and work in Europe (France, in the case of Arkoun) to show the impact of ideas across borders.

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Book Reviews
Information
Perspectives on Politics , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , March 2003 , pp. 171 - 172
Copyright
2003 by the American Political Science Association

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