Modernity in Islamic tradition: the concept of ‘society’ in the journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898-1940)
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 Islam...
| Published in: | Religion and society |
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin Boston
De Gruyter
[2018]
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| In: |
Religion and society (volume 76)
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| Series/Journal: | Religion and society
volume 76 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
al- Manār
/ Islam
/ Modernization
/ History 1898-1940
B al- Manār / Islam / Reform / Secularization / Society / The Modern / History 1898-1940 |
| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam / Reformism
B Social Imaginaries B Multiple Modernities B Thesis |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9783110543995 Erscheint auch als: 9783110544862 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 3110545845 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/9783110545845 |