Contemporary Islamic Governed State

Joseph J. Kaminski is an Assistant Professor at the International University of Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina.  His research interests are at the intersection of political theory and international relations/comparative politics with a regional focus on the Muslim world.

“In The Contemporary Islamic Governed State, Kaminski places his focus primarily upon the intersection of politics and Islam through the lens of discourse analysis. Invoking such essential western scholars as Ernesto Laclau and Michel Foucault, Kaminski acknowledges and affirms the importance of discourse and its concomitant relationship to multiple nodal points of power in developing a conceptual framework for a viable political model.” (Saeed A. Khan, Politics and Religion, Vol. 12 (1), March, 2019)“A comprehensive summary of the discourse on Islamic political theory in relation to important Western political philosophical figures … . Kaminski’s book is a thematically wide-ranging project that engages with many fundamental legal-philosophical questions and how they can be evaluated in relation to more specific, concrete socio-political realities in many parts of the Muslim world today. … this makes it all the more valuable for readers with a more advanced understanding of the topic of Islam and its relation to politics.” (Translated from German, KISMET Online, September, 2018)

• 1. Introduction: ‘Determining the basis for political discourse for the next generation’.- 2. The Trajectory of the Development of Islamic Thought—A Comparison between 2 Earlier and 2 Later Scholars.- 3. The Ontological Framing of this Model of a Contemporary Islamic Governed State.- 4. Considering Leadership and Laws in a Contemporary Islamic Governed State.- 5. Considering Bureaucracy and Democracy in a Contemporary Islamic Governed State.- 6. The Importance of Involving Women in the Political Apparatus of a Contemporary Islamic Governed State.- 7—Considering the Role of Economic Justice in a Contemporary Islamic Governed State.- 8. The Case of Turkey: Soft Power and Economic Growth.- 9. The Case of Egypt: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and a Return to Brutal Dictatorship.- 10.The Case of Tunisia: Pragmatism and Cooperation.- 11. The Case of Malaysia: Prioritizing Economic Growth and Modernization .- 12. Conclusion: Creating a New Discourse.