Islam and modernity : an unfinished project / Rafik Abdessalem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻAbd al-Salām, Rafīq, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Western countries.

Muslims.

Civilization, Western--Islamic influences.

Civilization, Western.

Islam--History.

Islam.

History.

Islam and secularism.

Islamic modernism.

Western countries.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 352 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Johannesburg, South Africa : Afro-Middle East Centre, [2017]

Summary:

"Whatever readers conclude from this text about issues of Islam and modernity in global geopolitics, the analysis and insights Abdessalem provides will, without doubt, illuminate and enrich their thinking. This book is certain to become essential reading for both general readers and students of sociology, politics and international relations. Abdessalem does not align himself with any single line of thought. In this he seeks to walk in the footsteps of the great Muslim philosopher Abdul Hamid al-Ghazali, who relied on myriad schools of thoughts and diversity of methods, including those of the philosophers he sought to refute, so as to make plain the internal contradictions and shortcomings of a discourse. However, he attempts to go beyond the 'game of deconstruction', and seeks to open new possibilities and advance new answers, to fill the spaces and bridge the gaps."--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

Nietzsche, Weber and theory of secularity

Islam and the limits of secularity

Secularity and despotism

Max Weber on Islam

Habermas's theory of modernity and secularity

Islamic reformism and modernity

The new Islamic reformists.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

099470481X

9780994704818

OCLC:

1112132297

Publisher Number:

99982396466