Revival and Reform in Islam: The Legacy Of Muhammad Al-Shawkani - Couverture souple

Haykel, Bernard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0521528909 ISBN 13 : 9780521528900

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Revival and Reform in Islam is at once an intellectual biography of Muhammad al-Shawkani, and a history of a transitional period in Yemeni history. This was a time when a society dominated by traditional Zaydi Shiism shifted to one characterised instead by Sunni reformism. The author traces the origins and outcomes of this transition, presenting the first systematic account of the ways in which the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century reorientation of the Zaydi madhhab, and consequent 'sunnification' of Yemeni society, were intricately linked to tensions within the political realm. In advocating juridical systematization of religious belief and practice, Shawkani espoused a socio-religious order which in its dominant features echoed key aspects of Western modernity. Yet he did so in a context bereft of Western ideational influence. This study then presents a textured account of eighteenth-century Islamic reformist thought and challenges the meaning of modernity in an Islamic context.

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À propos de l'auteur

Bernard Haykel is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and History in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521528909
• ISBN 13: 9780521528900
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 284
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