Modernity in Islamic tradition

The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940)

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• Florian Zemmin

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• Lehrbücher
• Universitätslehrbücher

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What does it mean to be modern? This study regards the concept of ‘society’ as foundational to modern self-understanding. Identifying Arabic conceptualizations of society in the journal al-Manar , the mouthpiece of Islamic reformism, the author shows how modernity was articulated from within an Islamic discursive tradition. The fact that the classical term umma was a principal term used to conceptualize modern society suggests the convergence of discursive traditions in modernity, rather than a mere diffusion of European concepts.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Einband: Hardcover