Post-Islamism

Introduction In the third decade of the twenty-first century, the world is undergoing a profound transitional moment that extends well beyond familiar geopolitical shifts. Alongside the rise of Asian powers, the erosion of Western centrality, and the intensification of transnational crises, there has emerged a broad wave of identity redefinition, the politicization of cultural belonging, and a renewed prominence of…

The term “Post-Islamism” is used to describe an intellectual and political phase that emerged after the rise and decline of the classical Islamist wave that dominated much of the Muslim world since the 1970s, particularly those associated with movements of political Islam such as the Muslim Brotherhood or the Islamic Revolution in Iran. This phase represents a qualitative shift in…