Islamic Leviathan

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Islamic Leviathan is written by Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 019803296X (ISBN 10) and 9780198032960 (ISBN 13).

Islamization is commonly seen as the work of Islamist movements who have forced their ideology on ruling regimes and other hapless social actors. There is little doubt that ruling regimes and disparate social and political actors alike are pushed in the direction of Islamic politics by Islamist forces. However, Islamist activism and its revolutionary and utopian rhetoric only partly explain this trend. Here, Nasr argues that the state itself plays a key role in embedding Islam in the politics of Muslim countries. Focusing on Malaysia and Pakistan, Nasr argues that the turn to Islam is a facet of the state's drive to establish hegemony over society and expand its powers and control.