© Columbia University Press
The Search for Arab Democracy: Discourses and Counter-Discourses
Paper, 457 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12581-9
$31.00
December, 2001
Cloth, 457 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12580-2
$79.00
"A challenging postmodern meditation on the possibilities for democratization in the Arab world. Sadiki's richly textured analysis of Islamist discourse, Arab conceptions of democracy, and competing Orientalist and Occidentalist narratives makes this book both original and provocative. Particularly valuable is his discussion of Arab women and democracy." — Michael Hudson
"Sadiki provides the reader with an invaluable work of reference for those seeking to understand Arab thought concerning democracy and reservations about accepting the western brand." — John A. S. Abecasis-Phillips, International Affairs
"[A] perceptive account of the status of and the varied possibilities of Arab democracy." — Bezalel Stern, Jerusalem Post
"Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above." — Choice
"Larbi Sadiki's The Search for Arab Democracy avoids the simplistic black and white thinking that characterizes most public discourse on this issue. He interrogates in a wide-ranging and subtle way a whole range of Muslim thinkers, from medieval philosophers to nineteenth century modernists to contemporary feminists and Islamists. This book is a key intervention in an increasingly central public debate about Islam and democracy, and should be read by anyone concerned with the issue." — Juan Cole, University of Michigan