Ancient religions, modern politics : (Record no. 37738)
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| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 140103s2014 nju b 001 0 eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0691144907 |
| Qualifying information | hbk. : alk. paper |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | DLC |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | DLC |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE | |
| Authentication code | pcc |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | BP 173.7 |
| Item number | .C66 2014 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Cook, Michael, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1940- |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Ancient religions, modern politics : |
| Remainder of title | the Islamic case in comparative perspective / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Michael Cook. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Princeton, New Jersey : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Princeton University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | [2014] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xx, 541 pages ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc. note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-515) and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Why does Islam play a larger role in contemporary politics than other religions? Is there something about the Islamic heritage that makes Muslims more likely than adherents of other faiths to invoke it in their political life? If so, what is it? Ancient Religions, Modern Politics seeks to answer these questions by examining the roles of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity in modern political life, placing special emphasis on the relevance--or irrelevance--of their heritages to today's social and political concerns. Michael Cook takes an in-depth, comparative look at political identity, social values, attitudes to warfare, views about the role of religion in various cultural domains, and conceptions of the polity. In all these fields he finds that the Islamic heritage offers richer resources for those engaged in current politics than either the Hindu or the Christian heritages. He uses this finding to explain the fact that, despite the existence of Hindu and Christian counterparts to some aspects of Islamism, the phenomenon as a whole is unique in the world today. The book also shows that fundamentalism--in the sense of a determination to return to the original sources of the religion--is politically more adaptive for Muslims than it is for Hindus or Christians.A sweeping comparative analysis by one of the world's leading scholars of premodern Islam, Ancient Religions, Modern Politics sheds important light on the relationship between the foundational texts of these three great religious traditions and the politics of their followers today"-- |
| Assigning source | Provided by publisher. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Hinduism. |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Date last seen | Total checkouts | Full call number | Price effective from | Koha item type | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Withdrawn status | Home library | Current library | Date acquired |
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| 03/19/2026 | BP 173.7 .C66 2014 | 03/19/2026 | Books | Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences | Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan Institute of Behavioral Sciences | 03/19/2026 |