The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

Joas Wagemakers (Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands)

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Cambridge University Press
17 September 2020

Religious & theocratic ideologies; Political structures: democracy; Political manifestos; Demonstrations & protest movements; Political subversion

Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies

Since its founding in 1945, the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood has enjoyed decades of almost continuous parliamentary presence and state acceptance in Jordan, participating in elections, organising events and even establishing a hospital. In this detailed account of the Muslim Brotherhood's ideological and behavioural development in Jordan, Joas Wagemakers focusses on the group's long history and complex relationship with the state, its parliament and society. It shows how age-old concepts derived from classical Islam and the writings of global Islamist scholars have been used and reused by modern-day Jordanian Islamists to shape their beliefs in the context of the present-day nation-state. Far from its reputation as a two-faced global conspiracy bent on conquering the West, the Muslim Brotherhood is a deeply divided group that has nevertheless maintained a fascinating internal ideological consistency in its use of similar religious concepts. As such, it is part of, and continues to build on, trends in Muslim thought that go back hundreds of years.

By: Joas Wagemakers (Universiteit Utrecht The Netherlands)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781108813532
ISBN 10: 1108813534
Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
Pages: 325
Publication Date: 17 September 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Part I. Context: 1. Sunni Islamic political thought until the twentieth century; 2. The early Muslim Brotherhood's political thought; 3. The Muslim Brotherhood's behaviour in the Jordanian context; Part II. Divisions: 4. Ideological divisions on the state; 5. Ideological divisions on political participation; 6. Ideological unity on societal rights and freedoms; Conclusion.

Joas Wagemakers is Associate Professor of Islamic and Arabic Studies at Utrecht University. He has published extensively on Islamist ideology and Islamic movements, including A Quietist Jihadi: The Ideology of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi (2012) and Salafism in Jordan: Political Islam in a Quietist Community (2016), which won the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in 2017.

Reviews for The Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan

'Joas Wagemakers' latest book is not only an excellent history of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, it is also an innovative theoretical work, in the sense that he has successfully used Michael Freeden's theory of ideologies to give a compelling analysis of the different currents within the Muslim Brotherhood and its route towards moderation.' Roel Meijer, Radboud University 'Joas Wagamakers is already regarded as a premier scholar of Salafism and other aspects of Islamism, but this book will only add to his record. This book will deservedly be seen as one of the definitive works on the Muslim Brotherhood, on Islamism, and on Jordan for years to come.' Curtis R. Ryan, Appalachian State University