Modernity in Islamic Tradition : : The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940) / / Florian Zemmin.
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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018] ©2018 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Religion and Society ,
76 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIII, 519 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Modernity, Islam, and Society – The Argument for a Heuristic Eurocentrism -- Part A. Assumptions: ‘Society’ and the Secular in European Modernity -- Chapter 2. ‘Society’ in European Modernity -- Chapter 3. A Secular Age as a Heuristic Tool -- Part B. Expectations: Egyptian Modernity, al-Manar, and Arabic Concepts -- Chapter 4. Modernity in Egypt: Nation, Society, Secularism, and the Press -- Chapter 5. Al-Manar: The Mouthpiece of Islamic Reformism -- Chapter 6. The Arabic Saddle Period and Arabic Terms for ‘Society’ -- Part C. Findings: ‘Society’ in al-Manar -- Chapter 7. Al-Hayʾa al-Ijtimāʿiyya in al-Manar: Offering Umma as an Alternative -- Chapter 8. Mujtamaʿ in al-Manar: Avoiding the Established Meaning of ‘Society’ -- Chapter 9. Rafiq al-ʿAzm: Islamic Reformist, Secular Historian, and Sociological Thinker -- Chapter 10. Social Association Reified: Ijtimāʿ, Ijtimāʿī, and Umma in Articles by Rashid Rida -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Society, The Immanent Frame, and Modernity – Concepts, Spins, and Genealogies -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Tables of Search Terms -- Index |
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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. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110545845 9783110762488 9783110719550 9783110604252 9783110603255 9783110604245 9783110603248 9783110716825 |
ISSN: | 1437-5370 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110545845 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Florian Zemmin. |