Automatic Islam: Divine Anarchy and the Machines of God

What is it about?

Brings to light the ways in which categories of 'radical' and 'liberal' Islam can inhibit our deeper understanding of developments in global Islam. By drawing attention to the affinities between radical non-violent Islam and Western counter-cultural practices, it unearths novel forms of engagement between Islam and the West which point to the limitations of prevalent debates about Islam's compatibility with liberalism.

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Why is it important?

Draws a neglected link between the concept of automatism in both Western and Islamic counter-cultural thought and practice, and addresses the limitations of understandings of 'radical' and 'liberal' Islam through the prism of Muslim 'anarchism'.