Review Article
The Intractable Sovereignty
The Impasse of Secular and Islamist Political Theory (Part: 2)
Author(s): Mehrzad Boroujerdi & Wael B. Hallaq & Azfar Moin & María Pía Lara & Ronald Beiner & Panu Minkkinen & James R. Martel & Randi Rashkover & Martin Kavka & Graham Hamill & Julia Reinhard Lupton
Reviewed by: S Parvez Manzoor
Review
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