Islam without Europe Traditions of Reform in Eighteenth-Century Islamic Thought / Ahmad S. Dallal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dallal, Ahmad S., author.

Series:

Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.

Islamic civilization and Muslim networks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--18th century.

Islam.

Islamic countries--Intellectual life.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Summary:

Replete with a cast of giants in Islamic thought and philosophy, Ahmad S. Dallal's pathbreaking intellectual history of the eighteenth-century Muslim world challenges stale views of this period as one of decline, stagnation, and the engendering of a widespread fundamentalism. Far from being moribund, Dallal argues, the eighteenth century--prior to systematic European encounters--was one of the most fertile eras in Islamic thought.Across vast Islamic territories, Dallal charts in rich detail not only how intellectuals rethought and reorganized religious knowledge but also the reception and impact of their ideas. From the banks of the Ganges to the shores of the Atlantic, commoners and elites alike embraced the appeals of Muslim thinkers who, while preserving classical styles of learning, advocated for general participation by Muslims in the definition of Islam. Dallal also uncovers the regional origins of most reform projects, showing how ideologies were forged in particular sociopolitical contexts. Reformists' ventures were in large part successful--up until the beginnings of European colonization of the Muslim world. By the nineteenth century, the encounter with Europe changed Islamic discursive culture in significant ways into one that was largely articulated in reaction to the radical challenges of colonialism.

Contents:

Reimagining the eighteenth century

The boundaries of faith

Ijtihād and the regional origins of a universal vision

Sufism, old and new: the multiple faces of the spirit

Genealogies of dissent and the politics of knowledge

Humanizing the sacred

The limits of the sacred.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908863-4-7

979-88-908863-5-4

1-4696-4035-X

1-4696-4036-8

OCLC:

1032070552