Limits of Islamism: Jamaat-e-Islami in Contemporary India and Bangladesh

The book examines the political ideology of Islam by taking up the Jamaat-e-Islami in India and Bangladesh for a detailed study. It shows how political Islam can articulate a politics of alternative in a world dominated by capitalist globalisation and neo-liberalism. It inquires into whether the political ideology of Islam can be a politic of social transformation or can it only limit itself as a politics of resistance and critique to neo-liberal capitalism. It deals with the critique of neo-liberal economic policies and Western cultural globalisation by adherents of Islam. It discusses the contemporary scene vis-à-vis Islam’s political ideology and its expression. It delves into the political ideology of Islam working out in a Muslim majority state with specific respect to Bangladesh. It compares India and Bangladesh where Islam as a political ideological force is concerned, especially with reference to politics of alternative.