Reform and Modernity in Islam The Philosophical, Cultural and Political Discourses among Muslim Reformers

Name: Reform and Modernity in Islam The Philosophical, Cultural and Political Discourses among Muslim Reformers
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ISBN: 9780857722287

ISBN-10: 085772228X

ISBN-13: 9780857722287

Edition: 2013

Authors: Safdar Ahmed

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The debate over Islam and modernity tends to be approached from a Eurocentric perspective that presents Western norms as a template for progress - against which Islamic societies can be measured. This misses the historical development of Muslim reformist thought that actively engages with the world around it and seeks to reconfigure Islam within the diverse conditions of modernity. Safdar Ahmed paints a complex and nuanced picture that goes beyond the idea that Muslim reformers have either reproduced or reacted against Western ideas. Rather, Ahmed argues, they have reconstructed and appropriated these ideas, and so the thread of Western influence runs through modern Islamic thought on…

Book details

List price: $103.50
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date: 5/30/2013
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 312
Language: English