Islam and the culture of modern Egypt from the monarchy to the republic / Mohammad Salama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Salama, Mohammad, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and culture--Egypt.

Islam and culture.

Islam and secularism--Egypt.

Islam and secularism.

Egypt--History--20th century.

Egypt.

Egypt--History--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 216 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Telling a new story of modern Egypt, Mohammad Salama uses textual and cinematic sources to construct a clear and accessible narrative of the dynamics of Islam and culture in the first half of the twentieth century. The conflict between tradition and secular values in modern Egypt is shown in a stimulating and challenging new light as Salama bridges analysis of nationalism and its connection to Islamism, and outlines the effects of secular education versus traditional Islamic teaching on varied elements of Egyptian society. These include cultural production, politics, economic, identity, and gender relations. All of this helps to discern the harbingers that led to Egypt's social transition from the monarchy to the republic and opens the possibility of Islam as an inspiring and inspirational force. This illuminating, provocative and informative study will be of use to anyone interested in the period, whether general readers, students, or researchers.

Contents:

Introduction : prelude, considerations, and definitions

1. History matters

2. Nahḍa-t Miṣr : Zaynab and the cultural renaissance of Modern Egypt (1912-1913)

3. Blindness and insight : challenging the sacred/secular divide in Ṭāhā Ḥusayn's The Days

4. An Egyptian Sophocles : Qurʼānic inspiration in Tawfīq al-Ḥakīm's The People of the Cave

5. Writing the mad text : freedom, modernity, and God in Naguib Mahfouz's "The Whisper of Madness"

6. Islamism writes back : 'Alī Aḥmad Bākāthīr's The Red Revolutionary and the dismantling of the secular

7. Secular realism and utopian irony in Yūsuf Idrīs's Faraḥāt's Republic

8. Islam and secular nationalism in a film age : unveiling Youssef Chahine's Gamīla Al-Gazā'iriyya

Appendix 1. The whisper of madness

Appendix 2. An interview with Youssef Chahine

Appendix 3. Feature films produced in Egypt from 1927-1962.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Nov 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-108-26632-0

1-108-26502-2

1-108-27178-2

OCLC:

1060524742