Freedom, modernity, and Islam : toward a creative synthesis / Richard K. Khuri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Khuri, Richard K.

Series:

Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and state--Islamic countries.

Islam and state.

Islamic countries.

Islam and politics--Islamic countries.

Islam and politics.

Islamic countries--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Islam--20th century.

Islam.

Physical Description:

xli, 384 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse [N.Y.] : Syracuse University Press, 1998.

Contents:

1. The Assault on Freedom: Orthodoxy, Reform, and Reaction 1

2. The Future of a New Illusion 33

3. The Fate of Freedom under the Rule of Reason 78

4. The Recovery of Freedom 113

5. The Islamic Transposition of Positive Freedom 147

6. The Roots of Unfreedom in the Arab Muslim World 213

7. Toward Greater Freedom in the Contemporary Arab Muslim World 277.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-368) and index.

ISBN:

0815626983

OCLC:

37132562