Joas Wagemakers
Dep. Filosofie en Religiewetenschap - Religiewetenschap - Is
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Generally speaking, Joas Wagemakers is interested in the intellectual history of modern Islam, with a focus on political thinking among Islamists. He always tries to contextualise ideology by placing it in the broader political and socio-economic history in which ideas are produced, transformed and adopted and he often tries to look for links with early-Islamic history to explain modern debates. Wagemakers' research has concentrated on Salafism and particularly Salafi ideology; the Muslim Brotherhood; citizenship, women's rights and Shiites' rights in Saudi Arabia; and Hamas. Geographically, his interests lie mostly in Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian territories, although he also spends time reading international Jihadi-Salafi discourse. Apart from the usual forthcoming publications here and there, Wagemakers is currently working on the intellectual history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan. He is also a member of the Utrecht Young Academy, a platform for the exchange of critical perspectives on academia, policy and society in Utrecht and beyond.
Research Interest
Religious Studies (RMA)
Publications
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Wagemakers, J. (2016). What Should an Islamic State Look Like? Jihadi-Salafi Debates on the War in Syria. The Muslim World, 106 (3), (pp. 501-22).
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Wagemakers, J. (2016). Salafism in Jordan - Political Islam in a Quietist Community. Cambridge University Press.
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Wagemakers, J. (2016). Salafi Scholarly Views on Gender-Mixing (Ikhtilat) in Saudi Arabia. Orient, 57 (2), (pp. 40-51).
