Islam And The Politics Of Meaning In Palestinian Nationalism Rle Politics Of Islam

This book examines the role of Islam in the Palestinian nationalist movement and how it changed over time. It explores the relationship between ideology and social movements, and how Islam was used as a symbol in different phases of the movement. The book also looks at the socio-economic factors that influenced the use of Islam and how they were connected to the movement's development. Originally published in 1982.

The intention of this book is to explore the relationship between an ideological idiom and the changing social movement in which it operates. The basic question is that of what roles an Islamic symbol complex played in different phases of the Palestinian nationalist movement, and what were the socio-economic factors which help to explain, and are themselves partially explained by, the appearance of these roles. Islam was ideologically 'appropriate' at different stages in the development of the movement, and this study examines in what way, and why. First published in 1982.