El. knyga: Transnational Muslim Politics: Reimagining the Umma

Drawing on his childhood in the Arab Gulf, Mandaville (government and politics, George Mason U.) describes Islam as a lived experience, and explores what it means today to Muslims living under globalizing conditions, particularly as minority communities in Western Europe. He has added a new preface to the reprint to put his study in the post-September 11 context. Distributed by Taylor and Francis. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This book analyzes Islam as a form of 'travelling theory' in the context of contemporary global transformations such as diasporic communities, transnational social movements, global cities and information technologies. Peter Mandaville examines how 'globalization' is manifested as lived experience through a discussion of debates over the meaning of Muslim identity, political community and the emergence of a 'critical Islam'.
This radical book argues that translocal forces are leading the emergence of a wider Muslim public sphere. Now available in paperback, it contains a new preface setting the debates in the context of September 11th.