Debates on civilization in the Muslim world : critical perspectives on Islam and modernity / Lutfi Sunar.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sunar, Lütfi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic countries--Civilization.

Islamic countries.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2016.

Summary:

In the social sciences, civilisation is one of the most oft-debated concepts. However, the debates around it are still framed by Western assumptions and concerns. Nevertheless, civilisation remains a central theme in the Muslim world. The overall objective of this volume is to expose complex issues for further discussion.

Contents:

Debates on Civilization, Islam, and Modernity: Some Critical Perspectives on the Current Agenda / Lutfi Sunar

PART I. DEFINING AND DISCUSSING CIVILIZATION. 1. The Idea of Civilization in Eighteenth-Century Social Theory / Anthony Pagden

2. Rethinking Civilization and Its Others: Historical Stages and Social Taxonomies / Lutfi Sunar

3. The Question of Ages in Islamic Civilization: A Different Periodization / Mustafa Demirci

PART II. DEBATES ON CIVILIZATION IN THE CONTEMPORARY MUSLIM WORLD. 4. The Vision of Order and Al-'Umran as an Explanatory Concept in the Debates on Civilization / Vahdettin I,sik

5. Beyond Civilization: Pan-Islamism, Pan-Asianism, and the Revolt against the West / Cemil Aydin

6. Interaction of Concepts of Progress and Civilization in Turkish Thought / Necmettin Dogan

7. The Rise and Demise of Civilizational Thinking in Contemporary Muslim Political Thought / Halil Ibrahim Yenigun

8. Revisiting Shariati: Probing into Issues of Society and Religion / Seyed Javad Miri

9. Culture and Civilization in the Thought of Alija Izetbegovic / Mahmut Hakki Akin

10. Debating Islam, Tradition, and Modernity in Contemporary Arab-Islamic Thought: Perspectives of Hassan Hanafi and Abdallah / Laroui Driss Habti

PART III. MODERNIZATION, GLOBALIZATION, AND THE FUTURE OF THE CIVILIZATION DEBATE. 11. Erring Modernization and Development in the Muslim World / Syed Farid Alatas

12. Civilizations in an Era of Globalization: The Implications of Globalization for the Clash of Civilizations Debate / Yunus Kaya

13. Conceptualizing Civilization between Othering and Multiculturalism / Murat Cemrek

14. An Epistemological Base for a Dynamic Conception of Civilizations and Intercultural Relations / Khosrow Bagheri Noaparast

Notes:

This edition previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 11, 2016).

ISBN:

9780199087556

0199087555