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Modernity in Islamic Tradition : The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940) / Florian Zemmin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and Society ; 76Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 519 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110543995
  • 9783110544862
  • 9783110545845
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 290#23sdnb
LOC classification:
  • MLCM 2021/43754 (B)
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Modernity, Islam, and Society – The Argument for a Heuristic Eurocentrism -- Part A. Assumptions: ‘Society’ and the Secular in European Modernity -- Chapter 2. ‘Society’ in European Modernity -- Chapter 3. A Secular Age as a Heuristic Tool -- Part B. Expectations: Egyptian Modernity, al-Manar, and Arabic Concepts -- Chapter 4. Modernity in Egypt: Nation, Society, Secularism, and the Press -- Chapter 5. Al-Manar: The Mouthpiece of Islamic Reformism -- Chapter 6. The Arabic Saddle Period and Arabic Terms for ‘Society’ -- Part C. Findings: ‘Society’ in al-Manar -- Chapter 7. Al-Hayʾa al-Ijtimāʿiyya in al-Manar: Offering Umma as an Alternative -- Chapter 8. Mujtamaʿ in al-Manar: Avoiding the Established Meaning of ‘Society’ -- Chapter 9. Rafiq al-ʿAzm: Islamic Reformist, Secular Historian, and Sociological Thinker -- Chapter 10. Social Association Reified: Ijtimāʿ, Ijtimāʿī, and Umma in Articles by Rashid Rida -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Society, The Immanent Frame, and Modernity – Concepts, Spins, and Genealogies -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Tables of Search Terms -- Index
Summary: What does it mean to be modern? This study regards the concept of ‘society’ as foundational to modern self-understanding. Identifying Arabic conceptualizations of society in the journal al-Manar, the mouthpiece of Islamic reformism, the author shows how modernity was articulated from within an Islamic discursive tradition. The fact that the classical term umma was a principal term used to conceptualize modern society suggests the convergence of discursive traditions in modernity, rather than a mere diffusion of European concepts.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Modernity, Islam, and Society – The Argument for a Heuristic Eurocentrism -- Part A. Assumptions: ‘Society’ and the Secular in European Modernity -- Chapter 2. ‘Society’ in European Modernity -- Chapter 3. A Secular Age as a Heuristic Tool -- Part B. Expectations: Egyptian Modernity, al-Manar, and Arabic Concepts -- Chapter 4. Modernity in Egypt: Nation, Society, Secularism, and the Press -- Chapter 5. Al-Manar: The Mouthpiece of Islamic Reformism -- Chapter 6. The Arabic Saddle Period and Arabic Terms for ‘Society’ -- Part C. Findings: ‘Society’ in al-Manar -- Chapter 7. Al-Hayʾa al-Ijtimāʿiyya in al-Manar: Offering Umma as an Alternative -- Chapter 8. Mujtamaʿ in al-Manar: Avoiding the Established Meaning of ‘Society’ -- Chapter 9. Rafiq al-ʿAzm: Islamic Reformist, Secular Historian, and Sociological Thinker -- Chapter 10. Social Association Reified: Ijtimāʿ, Ijtimāʿī, and Umma in Articles by Rashid Rida -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Society, The Immanent Frame, and Modernity – Concepts, Spins, and Genealogies -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Tables of Search Terms -- Index

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What does it mean to be modern? This study regards the concept of ‘society’ as foundational to modern self-understanding. Identifying Arabic conceptualizations of society in the journal al-Manar, the mouthpiece of Islamic reformism, the author shows how modernity was articulated from within an Islamic discursive tradition. The fact that the classical term umma was a principal term used to conceptualize modern society suggests the convergence of discursive traditions in modernity, rather than a mere diffusion of European concepts.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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