The Failure of Political Islam

Preface vii Introduction 1(27) Islam and Politics: From Tradition to Reformism 28(7) The Concepts of Islamism 35(13) The Sociology of Islamism 48(12) The Impasses of Islamist Ideology 60(15) Neofundamentalism: From the Muslim Brotherhood to the Algerian FIS 75(14) The Islamist New Intellectuals 89(18) The Geostrategy of Islamism: States and Networks 107(25) The Islamic Economy: Between Illusions and Rhetoric 132(15) Afghanistan: Jihad and Traditional Society 147(21) Iran: Shiism and Revolution 168(15) The Shiite Factor in Iran's Foreign Policy 183(11) Conclusion: Tomorrow's Gray Areas 194(11) Notes 205(20) Bibliography 225(6) Index 231