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The Post-Legal Ethics of Tariq Ramadan: Persuasion and Performance in Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation

The Post-Legal Ethics of Tariq Ramadan: Persuasion and Performance in Radical Reform: Islamic... Middle East Law and Governance 2 (2010) 253–273 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI 10.1163/187633710X500757 brill.nl/melg 1) All further page references to this book will be through embedded citations in the text. 2) See Caroline Fourest, Frère Tariq: discours, stratégie et méthode de Tariq Ramadan (Paris: B. Grasset, 2004) and Paul Berman, The Flight of the Intellectuals (New York: Melville House, 2010). Review Essay The Post-Legal Ethics of Tariq Ramadan: Persuasion and Performance in Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation Andrew F. March Yale University, New Haven, United States Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation . By Tariq Ramadan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 384 pp. ISBN: 0195331710. $29.95. 1 Who is the real Tariq Ramadan? Whenever a question like this is posed of anyone, it is very hard to remain on the safe side of inanity. Does any mini- mally interesting person have a single core identity or single perfectly transpar- ent and consistent motivational set—in short a single “self ”? Nonetheless, this has been a very popular parlor game for some Western intellectuals, with a set of alarmists claiming that a close, or even “esoteric,” reading of Ramadan reveals him to be an apologist for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Middle East Law and Governance Brill

The Post-Legal Ethics of Tariq Ramadan: Persuasion and Performance in Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation

Middle East Law and Governance , Volume 2 (2): 253 – Jan 1, 2010

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© 2010 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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1876-3367
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10.1163/187633710X500757
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Middle East Law and Governance 2 (2010) 253–273 © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010 DOI 10.1163/187633710X500757 brill.nl/melg 1) All further page references to this book will be through embedded citations in the text. 2) See Caroline Fourest, Frère Tariq: discours, stratégie et méthode de Tariq Ramadan (Paris: B. Grasset, 2004) and Paul Berman, The Flight of the Intellectuals (New York: Melville House, 2010). Review Essay The Post-Legal Ethics of Tariq Ramadan: Persuasion and Performance in Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation Andrew F. March Yale University, New Haven, United States Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation . By Tariq Ramadan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. 384 pp. ISBN: 0195331710. $29.95. 1 Who is the real Tariq Ramadan? Whenever a question like this is posed of anyone, it is very hard to remain on the safe side of inanity. Does any mini- mally interesting person have a single core identity or single perfectly transpar- ent and consistent motivational set—in short a single “self ”? Nonetheless, this has been a very popular parlor game for some Western intellectuals, with a set of alarmists claiming that a close, or even “esoteric,” reading of Ramadan reveals him to be an apologist for

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