Umfang:
Online-Ressource (409 p)
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780415671668
Serie:
SOAS / Routledge Studies on the Middle East
Inhalt:
This book examines the process of secularization in the Middle East in the late 19th and early 20th century through an analysis of the transformation and abolition of Islamic Caliphate. Focusing on debates in both the center of the Caliphate and its periphery, the author argues that the relationship between Islam and secularism was one of accommodation, rather than simply conflict and confrontation, because Islam was the single most important source of legitimation in the modernization of the Middle East. Through detailed analysis of both official documents and the writings of the intellectual
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Islam and the Politics of Secularism: The Caliphate and Middle Eastern modernization in the early 20th century; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 Islam, politics, and secularization; 2 Modernization, religion, and the Ottomans; 3 The Caliphate question: Historical and discursive context; 4 Secularization in the Caliphal center (1908-1916); 5 Colonization in the Caliphal periphery (1914-1920); 6 Abolition of the Caliphate: Secular reform, religious justification (1919-1924); 7 Islam and modernity: Confrontation or accommodation?; Notes
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
9781136489853
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version Islam and the Politics of Secularism : The Caliphate and Middle Eastern Modernization in the Early 20th Century
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
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