Islam and modernity : key issues and debates
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Islam and modernity : key issues and debates
Edinburgh University Press, c2009
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- : pbk
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  Iwate
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  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Recent events have focused attention on the perceived differences and tensions between the Muslim world and the modern West. As a major strand of Western public discourse has it, Islam appears resistant to internal development and remains inherently pre-modern. However Muslim societies have experienced most of the same structural changes that have impacted upon all societies: massive urbanisation, mass education, dramatically increased communication, the emergence of new types of institutions and associations, some measure of political mobilisation, and major transformations of the economy. These developments are accompanied by a wide range of social movements and by complex and varied religious and ideological debates. This textbook is a pioneering study providing an introduction to and overview of the debates and questions that have emerged regarding Islam and modernity. Key issues are selected to give readers an understanding of the complexity of the phenomenon from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
The various manifestations of modernity in Muslim life discussed include social change and the transformation of political and religious institutions, gender politics, changing legal regimes, devotional practices and forms of religious association, shifts in religious authority, and modern developments in Muslim religious thought. Key Features *Each chapter contains an overview of relevant secondary literature and concludes with a summary of the key ideas presented and a set of questions *Contributing authors include some of the best-known academics from various disciplines in the field presenting state of the art scholarship in their specialised areas
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1 Conceptualising Modernity
- 1. Tradition and Modernity within Islamic Civilisation and the West, Armando Salvatore
- 2. Western Scholars of Islam on the Issue of Modernity, Muhammad Khalid Masud and Armando Salvatore
- Part 2 Negotiating Modernity
- 3. Political Modernity in the Middle East, Sami Zubaida
- 4. Islam, Modernity and the Politics of Gender: Perspectives from the Middle East, Central Asia and Afghanistan, Deniz Kandiyoti
- 5. Sufism, 'Popular' Islam and the Encounter with Modernity, Martin van Bruinessen
- 6. Colonialism and Islamic Law, Ebrahim Moosa
- Part 3 Debating Modernity
- 7. The Reform Project in the Emerging Public Spheres, Armando Salvatore
- 8. The Ulama and Contestations of Religious Authority under Modern Conditions, Muhammad Qasim Zaman
- 9. Islamic Modernism, Muhammad Khalid Masud
- 10. The Shifting Politics of Identity, Abdulkader Tayob
- List of Contributors.
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