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Livre 120 sur 213: Cultural Memory in the Present

Haj, Samira

 
9780804752503: Reconfiguring Islamic Tradition: Reform, Rationality, and Modernity
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ISBN 10 : 0804752508 ISBN 13 : 9780804752503
Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Samira Haj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of two Muslim reformers--Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab (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 primarily through the prism of two conceptual questions: the idea of the modern and the formation of a Muslim subject. Approaching Islam through the works of these two Muslims, she illuminates aspects of Islamic modernity that have been obscured and problematizes assumptions founded on the oppositional dichotomies of modern/traditional, secular/sacred, and liberal/fundamentalist. The book explores the notions of the community-society and the subject's location within it to demonstrate how Muslims in different historical contexts responded differently to theological and practical questions. This knowledge will help us better understand the conflicts currently unfolding in parts of the Arab world.

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À propos de l'auteur

Samira Haj is Professor of History at the City University of New York: The Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island.

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Éditeur
Stanford University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0804752508
ISBN 13 
9780804752503
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
304
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