Post-Islamism

Post-Islamism is a neologism in political science, the definition and applicability of which is disputed. Asef Bayat and Olivier Roy are among the main architects of the idea.[1]

The term has been used by Bayat to refer to "a tendency" towards resecularizing of Islam after the "exhaustion" of political Islam;[2] by Olivier Carré to refer to an era of Islamic history (following the decline of the Abbasids but before modernity) where the political-military and religious realms were separated;[1] by Olivier Roy to a recognition that after repeated efforts Islamists had failed to establish a "concrete and viable blueprint for society";[3] and by Mustafa Akyol to refer to a backlash against Islamism in countries like Turkey, Iran, and Sudan.[4]

  1. ^ a b Gómez García 2012.
  2. ^ Bayat 1996, p. 45.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Roy-2004 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Akyol-ruining was invoked but never defined (see the help page).