Modernity in Islamic Tradition : : The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940) / / Florian Zemmin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Zemmin, Florian,
• MitwirkendeR: Florian, Zemmin,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Society , 76
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 519 p.)
• 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
• 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.

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.