Farzin Vahdat

Islamic Ethos and the Specter of Modernity (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Drawing on the work of Hegel, this book proposes a framework for understanding modernity in the Muslim world and analyzes the discourse of prominent Muslim thinkers and political leaders with reference to some of the most significant markers of modernity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783084388
• Artikelnr.: 44457288

Autorenporträt

Farzin Vahdat is a sociologist working on conditions and notions of modernity and their applications to Iran, Islam and the Muslim world. Vahdat has taught at Tufts, Harvard and Yale Universities, as well as Vassar College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Sir Muhammad Iqbal: The Dialectician of Muslim Authenticity
2. Sayyid Abul 'Ala Maududi: A Theorist of Disciplinary Patriarchal State
3. An Islamic Totality in the Ideology of Sayyid Qutb
4. Fatima Mernissi: Women, Islam, Modernity and Democracy
5. Mehdi Haeri Yazdi and the Discourse of Modernity
6. Postrevolutionary Islamic Modernity in Iran: The Intersubjective Hermeneutics of Mohamad Mojtahed Shabestari
7. Religious Modernity in Iran: Dilemmas of Islamic Democracy in the Discourse of Mohammad Khatami
8. Seyyed Hossein Nasr: An Islamic Romantic?
9. Mohammed Arkoun and the Idea of Liberal Democracy in Muslim Lands
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index