Political Economy of an Authoritarian Modern State and Religious Nationalism in Egypt

• Author(s): Okbazghi Yohannes,
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
• Pages: 349
• ISBN_10: 0773474625
  ISBN_13: 9780773474628
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Middle East / Egypt , Political Science / Constitutions , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism , Political Science / World / Middle Eastern , Political Science / Religion, Politics & State , Religion / Religion, Politics & State ,

Description:... This study illuminates the social, political, and economic context in which the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt is situated. It examines the evolution of the Egyptian social system since the 1850s and establishes that the under-development has made the system vunerable to fundamentalism.