Islam and Democracyby John L. Esposito; John O. Voll

✍ Scribed by Review by: William B. Quandt

• Book ID: 125229035
• Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 202 KB
• Volume: 75
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0015-7120
• DOI: 10.2307/20047795

✦ Synopsis

This is history in the Toynbee tradi tion?literate, sweeping, and imagina tive?and Lewis, like Toynbee, can be criticized on methodological, theoretical, and empirical grounds. But this is one of the benchmark books against which oth ers will be compared. As a legacy, and as a memorial in Lewis' 8oth year, that is a remarkable achievement. Islam and Democracy, by jo h n l.