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Ist der Islamismus bzw. Salafismus eine Form totalitären Denkens? Eine ideologiekritische Analyse von Klassikerpositionen
Is Islamism or Salafism a form of totalitarian thinking? An ideology-critical analysis of classic positions
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Abstract "Sometimes Islamism or Salafism is called a third or new kind of totalitarianism. But how appropriate is such an estimation which, after all, originally refers not to political movements but to political systems? If we limit ourselves to an analysis of published thought, we may very well identify fo... view more
"Sometimes Islamism or Salafism is called a third or new kind of totalitarianism. But how appropriate is such an estimation which, after all, originally refers not to political movements but to political systems? If we limit ourselves to an analysis of published thought, we may very well identify formal common grounds for which we find evidence in the writings of 'classical' authors such as Sayyid Abu A'la Maududi and Sayyid Qutb. They consist of the following typical features: exclusive claim to knowledge, dogmatic claim to absoluteness, essentialist monopoly of interpretation, holistic steering intentions, deterministic idea of history, identitary concept of society, dualistic rigorism and fundamental condemnation. These features come along with a claim to absolute power as well as the legitimation of violence." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
totalitarianism; political power; history of ideas; islamism; ideology; ideology critique; political movement; political ideology; holism; conception of history; political system; domination; propensity to violence
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Political Science
Method
theory application
Free Keywords
Salafismus;
Document language
German
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 49-71
Journal
Totalitarismus und Demokratie, 11 (2014) 1
Issue topic
Islam(ist)ischer Totalitarismus?
ISSN
1612-9008
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications