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Reformation of Islamic thought: a critical historical analysis
[Monographie]
Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
The Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR)
Abstract Ever since the dramatic events of September 11, 2001 the fundamentalist and exclusivist trend prevails in most presentations of Islamic thinking. Indeed, these events have given extremists and fundamentalists a much more prominent position than they might ever have dreamt of. In Reformation of Islam... mehr
Ever since the dramatic events of September 11, 2001 the fundamentalist and exclusivist trend prevails in most presentations of Islamic thinking. Indeed, these events have given extremists and fundamentalists a much more prominent position than they might ever have dreamt of. In Reformation of Islamic Thought, the prominent Egyptian scholar Nasr Abû Zayd examines the positive, liberal, and inclusive reaction embedded in the writings of Muslim thinkers. He takes the reader on a critical journey across the Muslim World, where Muslim thinkers from Egypt and Iran to Indonesia seek to divest Islam of traditionalistic and legalistic interpretation. Instead, these thinkers stress the value of a cultural, enlightened Islam, and an individualistic faith. For many, the dogmatic Islam established by the conservatives and supported by totalitarian political regimes is outdated; they want it replaced by a spiritual and ethical Islam. To what extent are these reformist thinkers engaged in a genuine renewal of Islamic thought? Do they succeed in escaping the traditionalist trap of presenting a purely negative image of the West?... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Tradition; historische Entwicklung; Denken; Islam; Islamismus; Fundamentalismus; Konservatismus; islamische Gesellschaft; Modernisierung
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Religionssoziologie
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2006
Verlag
Amsterdam Univ. Press
Erscheinungsort
Amsterdam
Seitenangabe
256 S.
Schriftenreihe
WRR Verkenningen, 10
ISBN
978-90-5356-828-6
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung