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Volume 12 - March 2014

Contents

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Review Symposium: Gender and Politics

Critical Dialogue

Review Symposia: The New Deal and U.S. Democracy

Review Symposium: The Impossible State

  • A Discussion of Wael Hallaq's Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament

  • IZA HUSSIN
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    14 July 2014, pp. 461-463

  • In his new book The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity’s Moral Predicament, Wael B. Hallaq argues that “‘The Islamic State,’ judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both an impossibility and a contradiction in terms.” In developing this argument Hallaq draws upon his extensive body of work as a scholar of Islam, including most notably his Shari’a: Theory, Practice, Transformations (Cambridge University Press, 2009). At the same time, Hallaq contributes to debates in political theory about the nature of the modern state. As part of our new “Undisciplined” format, this symposium seeks to bring a range of disciplinary perspectives into a discussion of this timely and important argument. We have invited a number of scholars from different intellectual backgrounds to share their views on the book as a contribution to the understanding of modern Islam, and also to reflect on how this work adds to our understanding of the relationship between religion and politics.

Review Symposia: The New Deal and U.S. Democracy

Review Symposium: The Impossible State

Critical Dialogue

Review Symposium: Combatting Violence against Women

Review Symposia: The New Deal and U.S. Democracy

Review Symposium: The Impossible State

Critical Dialogue

Critical Dialogues

Critical Dialogue

Review Symposia: The New Deal and U.S. Democracy

Critical Dialogue

Critical Dialogues

Critical Dialogue

Review Symposia: The New Deal and U.S. Democracy

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