Description: This work presents essays by Rached Ghannouchi, a prominent Muslim thinker and politician, on the meaning of freedom, democracy, pluralism, and constitutionalism in Islam, reflecting a turn in Islamist thought and practice towards embracing pluralist democracy. It makes available a number of Ghannouchi's most important essays for the first time. The book also includes a lengthy philosophical-theological dialogue between Ghannouchi and Andrew March, an American political theorist.
Review Quotes: "...an essential read for all those concerned with Tunisia's future." -- Usman Butt, Middle East Monitor
"In this invaluable book, March (Univ. of Massachusetts) interviews and collects essays by the prominent Islamist scholar and the former President of Tunisia, Rached Ghannouchi. The book presents Ghannouchi's essays on freedom, democracy, and constitutionalism, each followed by a report of an intimate dialogue with Ghannouchi....The book is a vital addition to the discourse on Islam and democracy. Highly recommended." -- Choice