UID:
edocfu_9960117452202883
Format:
1 online resource (xxi, 285 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-78308-438-3
Series Statement:
Anthem Middle East studies
Content:
Drawing on the work of Hegel, this book proposes a framework for understanding modernity in the Muslim world and analyzes the discourse of prominent Muslim thinkers and political leaders. Chapter by chapter, the book undertakes a close textual analysis of the works of Mohammad Iqbal, Abul Ala Maududi, Sayyid Qutb, Fatima Mernissi, Mehdi Haeri Yazdi, Mohammad Mojtaehd Shabestari, Mohammad Khatami, Seyyed Hussein Nasr and Mohamad Arkoun, drawing conclusions about contemporary Islamic thought with reference to some of the most significant markers of modernity.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Jan 2018).
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Cover; Islamic Ethos and the Specter of Modernity; Contents; Acknowledgments; A Note on Transliteration; Introduction; Chapter One Sir Muhammad Iqbal: The Dialectician of Muslim Authenticity ; Chapter Two Sayyid Abul 'Ala Maududi: A Theorist of Disciplinary Patriarchal State; Chapter Three An Islamic Totality in the Ideology of Sayyid Qutb; Chapter Four Fatima Mernissi: Women, Islam, Modernity and Democracy; Chapter Five Mehdi Haeri Yazdi and the Discourse of Modernity; Chapter Six Postrevolutionary Islamic Modernity in Iran: The Intersubjective Hermeneutics of Mohamad Mojtahed Shabestari
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Chapter Seven Religious Modernity in Iran: Dilemmas of Islamic Democracy in the Discourse of Mohammad KhatamiChapter Eight Seyyed Hossein Nasr: An Islamic Romantic?; Chapter Nine Mohammed Arkoun and the Idea of Liberal Democracy in Muslim Lands; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-78308-436-7
Language:
English
