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This edited volume conceives of International Relations (IR) not as a unilateral project, but more as an intellectual platform. Its contributors explore Islamic contributions to this field, addressing the theories and practices of the Islamic civilization and of Muslim societies with regards to international affairs and to the discipline of IR. (Publisher's description)

Islam and politics -- Warming up: the state vs. the umma -- The main event: liberalism vs. islamism vs. poststructuralism -- Structure of the book -- Islam(ism) and international relations -- International relations, islam, and the secular bias -- A framework for studying religion in international relations -- Postcolonial critiques of modernity -- Poststructuralism and Islam: a shared agenda? -- The study of religion in IR -- Unpacking political islam using constructivism -- Problems and limitations -- Sovereignty and political Islam -- Accounting for community --Value pluralism and the "international" of international relations -- To what extent is an Islamic notion of international relations tenable?