Mawdudi and the Making of Islamic Revivalism

Name: Mawdudi and the Making of Islamic Revivalism
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ISBN: 9780195096958

ISBN-10: 0195096959

ISBN-13: 9780195096958

Edition: 1996

Authors: Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr

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Nasr examines the life and thought of Mawlana Mawdudi, one of the first and most important Islamic ideological thinkers. Mawdudi was the first to develop a modern political Islamic ideology, and a plan for social action to realize his vision. The prolific writings and indefatigable efforts of Mawdudi's party, the Jamaat-i-Islami, first in India and later in Pakistan, have disseminated his ideas far and wide. His views have informed revivalism from Morocco to Malaysia. Nasr discerns the events that led Mawdudi to a revivalist perspective, and probes the structure of his thought, in order to gain fresh insights into the origins of Islamic revivalism. He argues that Islamic revivalism did not…

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List price: $220.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/4/1996
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.38" wide x 9.45" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.012



Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration and References


Introduction



The Mujaddid From Hyderabad


The Formative Years



The Turn to Revivalism



Islam Reinterpreted



Faith and Ideology



The Islamic Revolution



The Islamic State



A New Islam?



An Old Mandate in a New Age: Mawdudi's Authority


Appendix: Mawdudi's Poetry


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index