Search for dissertations about: "Islamic State"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 swedish dissertations containing the words Islamic State.

2. 11. A Lebanese vanguard for the Islamic revolution: Hezbollah's combined strategy of resistance and accommodation

   Author : Mats Wärn; Lasse Lindström; Leif Stenberg Leif Stenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hezbollah Lebanon Islamism; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to study how Hezbollah has accommodated a system that it initially rejects but endorses for strategic purposes. It is suggested that Hizbullah's strategic undertaking involves a certain tension between making compromises and concessions while also sticking to its radical pledge to Khomeinism and the Islamic revolution. READ MORE

4. 12. Living Law and Political Stability in Post-Soviet Central Asia : A Case Study of the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan

   Author : Rustamjon Urinboyev; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political stability; welfare; living law; social norms; sociology of law; law and society; mahalla; Uzbekistan; Central Asia; Ferghana Valley; post-Soviet societies; ethnography; socio-legal studies; corruption; informal economy; public administration; informal institutions; legitimacy; state-society relations.;

   Abstract : Central Asian countries are facing multidimensional political stability and security challenges in the post-Soviet period. Current scholarly discussions of political stability in post-Soviet Central Asia continue to revolve around the issues of Islamic upheaval, ethnic conflicts, civil war or inter-clan struggles, and how the authoritarian regimes in this region deploy coercive strategies and penal sanctions to cope with political instability. READ MORE

5. 13. Gracious Traditions : Contemporary Transnational Egyptian Post-Tariqa Sufism

   Author : Frederic Brusi; Susanne Olsson; Marja Liisa Keinänen; Jonas Otterbeck; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sufism; Post-tariqa; Islam; Egypt; Saints; Religion in migration; Invisible Muslims; Individualization of religion; barzakh; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Abstract : An overarching aim of this study is to contribute to the developing body of studies of non-organized and thereby “invisible” Muslims in the West. The thesis probes into the question of what Sufism means in the individual lives of seven Muslims in the US and Sweden who share a relatively privileged Egyptian socio-economic background. READ MORE

6. 14. The Mahdi Wears Armani : An Analysis of the Harun Yahya Enterprise

   Author : Anne Ross Solberg; Elizabeth Özdalga; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

   Abstract : The prolific Turkish author Harun Yahya attracted international attention after thousands of unsolicited copies of his large-format and lavishly illustrated book Atlas of Creation were sent free of charge from Istanbul, Turkey, to schools, universities and state leaders worldwide in 2007. This book stunt drew attention to Islamic creationism as a growing phenomenon, and to Harun Yahya as its most prominent proponent globally. READ MORE

7. 15. Liberal Intellectuals and Human Rights in the Turkish Public Sphere : Contestation and Pragmatism from the 1990s to the AKP-era

   Author : Andrea Karlsson; Mänskliga rättigheter; []
   Keywords : Turkey; intellectuals; human rights; rights claiming; rights claims; liberal; AKP; secularism; Armenian Genocide; Kurdish conflict; cultural trauma; nationalism; Claude Lefort; democracy; discursive community; nationalism;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines the public interventions, rhetoric, and actions of liberal intellectuals in Turkey between the early 1990sand 2012 regarding the rights of Kurdish and Islamic actors and restrictions on discussing the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Theanalysis of diverse texts published by the interconnected intellectuals – newspaper columns, academic articles, policy papers,reports, and manifestos – and the institutions they used shows how an effective counter-public could take shape in relation to thestate and to dominant publics. READ MORE