The Idea of Women in Fundamentalist Islam by University Press of Florida (9780813026060)
The Idea of Women in Fundamentalist Islam by University Press of Florida (9780813026060)
The Idea of Women in Fundamentalist Islam (Book)
University Press of Florida Release Date: 31 May 2003 Format: hardback Pages: 336 ISBN: 9780813026060 ISBN-10: 0813026067
In an attempt to create a working prevalent theory about gender in Islam, this work deconstructs the religio-political writings and political practices of the nine Islamic ideologies of the 20th century who masterminded the resurgence of Islamic fundamentalism - Hasan al-Banna, Abu al-'la al-Mawdudi, Sayyid Qutb, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Ayatollah Mortaza Mutahhari, Zaynab al-Ghazali, Hasan al-Turabi, Rashid al-Ghannoushi, and Sheikh Hussein Fadlallah. It shows that although these ideologies have individual peculiarities, their consistent emphasis on the subordinate status of women in society and their relation to men constitute a vehicle for attaining political power. By examining the spectrum of 20th century Islamic fundamentalist discourse on the subordinate role of women, this work builds a bridge between political ideology and gender theory. It determines how the diversity of political, social, and economic domains within the discourse of the nine ideologies - male or female, Sunni or Shi'ite, radical or moderate - applies to gender relations, and whether their discourse is distinctive or remains within the classical or traditional mould of Islam.
