Faisal Devji’s Waning Crescent: The Rise and Fall of Global Islam offers a useful starting point for understanding the current crisis of political Islam. Devji’s central argument is that political Islam should be treated not simply as a timeless expression of religion in politics, but as one of the great ideological projects of the modern age. Like Communism, Baathism, Pan-Arabism, or anti-colonial nationalism, political...
The current war in the Middle East cannot be understood merely as a military confrontation among Israel, the United States, and Iran. The central issue is no longer who initiated the war, but who will ultimately succeed in producing regional meaning, securing legitimacy, and consolidating hegemonic superiority. For this reason, the conflict must be analyzed not only through military developments but also as an...
