'Abdurra'uf Fitrat in Istanbul : Quest for Freedom / Zaynabidin Abdirashidov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdirashidov, Zaynabidin, Author.

Series:

ANOR Central Asian Studies

ANOR Central Asian Studies ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--Asia, Central.

Islam and politics.

Jadidism--Asia, Central.

Jadidism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XII, 60 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book explores how to locate the sources which influenced the political, social, and ideological stance of a famous Turkestani Jadid thinker, writer, journalist and scholar, 'Abdurra'uf Fitrat (1886-1938), thus also putting in perspective some overall intellectual trends in Turkestan, especially in Bukhara in the early 1910s. Based on Fitrat's early publications the book discusses what intellectual milieu it was that shaped his worldview in the early 1910s, a worldview that could be designated as a first attempt at "freedom and sovereignty through Islam". A thorough review of these publications also brings greater clarity to the issue of Fitrat's ethnical identity, which sheds light on how he related to the worldwide community of Muslims and how he positioned himself towards political unity of the Muslim World.Furthermore, by scrutinizing Fitrat's intellectual legacy of 1910-1915, this book highlights some of the origins of Jadidism in Turkestan and places Turkestani Jadidism in the context of worldwide Muslim reformism at the turn of the 20th century.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

Preface

The Beginning: New Ideas, Reform, and Other Trends

Outlines of Fitrat's Early Biography

Being Bukharayi but Turkestani

Trip to Turkey: Escaping from Persecution?

Different Political Options: Sırat-ı Müstaqim and Hikmet

Fitrat and the Medrese al-Wa'izin

Muslim Unity: The Inception of a New 'Salafism'?

Ignorance vs Salvation: Ways to Exit Crisis

Conclusion: Fitrat and Istanbul

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

ISBN:

9783110774856

3110774852

OCLC:

1356978779

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access