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

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

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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 Islam...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XIII, 519 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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