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"Muhammad Abduh (1849-1905) is widely regarded as the founder of Islamic modernism. Egyptian jurist, religious scholar and political activist, he sought to synthesise Western and Islamic cultural values. Arguing that Islam is essentially rational and fluid, Abduh maintained that…
"Demonstrates how new Islamic modernities are being negotiated and constructed through popular and visual culture in Indonesia"--
Introduction : Islamic-themed popular and visual culture and images of modernities -- Urban Islamic spectacles : transforming the space of the shopping mall during Ramadan -- Islamic rock music and imaginations of modernities -- Islamic self-help books and governmentality -- Mus…
"Demonstrates how new Islamic modernities are being negotiated and constructed through popular and visual culture in Indonesia"--
"Demonstrates how new Islamic modernities are being negotiated and constructed through popular and visual culture in Indonesia"--
Muḥammad ʻĀbid Jābirī is one of the most important philosophers in the contemporary Arab world. In this book, he taps in to highly topical debates on Islam and modernity.
Since the earliest period of Islamic history, Arab thought and reason has been dominated by a reverence for tradition and textual analysis. In this groundbreaking work, the great contemporary Arab philosopher Mohammed Abed al-Jabri seeks to chart a course towards modernity via t…
Since the earliest period of Islamic history, Arab thought and reason has been dominated by a reverence for tradition and textual analysis. In this groundbreaking work, the great contemporary Arab philosopher Mohammed Abed al-Jabri seeks to chart a course towards modernity via t…
Islam and modernity: key issues and debates
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A pioneering study providing an introduction to and overview of the debates and questions that have emerged regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
Islam and modernity: key issues and debates
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Type: Book
"Recent events have focused attention on the perceived differences and tensions between the Muslim world and the modern West. As a major strand of Western public discourse has it, Islam appears resistant to internal development and remains inherently pre-modern. However Muslim s…