Islamism in the Foreign Discourse of the 21st Century – JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE FOR AFRICAN STUDIES

Author:

Timur Khayrullin

Abstract:

The article presents the results of a historiographical review of foreign scientific literature on the nature of Islamism in the 21st century. An important role in the foreign discourse of the 21st century was played by the study of the radical component in Islamism, which has various modifications and shades. In addition to studying radicalism and studying the issue of the social base of Islamism, special attention is paid to its political features and definition. The events of the Arab Spring led to speculation about another «decline of Islamism». According to foreign scholars, Islamism failed to achieve the main goal of building an Islamic state in the shortest possible time and underwent revision, resulting in more liberal post–Islamist ideas. There is an attempt to systematize the accumulated knowledge about Islamist ideology.

Keywords:

Islamism, political Islam, post-Islamism, discourse, Middle East, North Africa

DOI:

10.31132/2412-5717-2022-61-4-70-83

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