"Samira Raj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of two Muslim reformers - Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhah (1703-1787) and Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905) - each representative of a distinct trend, chronological as well as philosophical, in modern Islam. Their works are examined …
"Samira Raj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of two Muslim reformers - Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhah (1703-1787) and Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905) - each representative of a distinct trend, chronological as well as philosophical, in modern Islam. Their works are examined …
This book examines the work of key reformist thinkers in Islam from the nineteenth century to the present day and places recent Islamic thought within the broader philosophical, cultural and political discourses of modernity.
"Under the direction of the Communist Party of China (CPC), key legal challenges have been identified which will shape the modernization of China's legal and administrative institutions. An increasingly complex set of legal actors now seek to influence this development, includin…
The global financial crisis overturned decades of received wisdom on how financial markets work, and how best to keep them in check. Since then a wave of reform and re-regulation has crashed over banks and markets. Financial firms are regulated as never before. But have these me…
"The Global Financial Crisis overturned decades of received wisdom on how financial markets work, and how best to keep them in check. Since then a wave of reform and re-regulation has crashed over banks and markets. Financial firms are regulated as never before. But have these m…
"The Global Financial Crisis overturned decades of received wisdom on how financial markets work, and how best to keep them in check. Since then a wave of reform and re-regulation has crashed over banks and markets. Financial firms are regulated as never before. But have these m…