Modernity in Islamic tradition: the concept of ‘society’ in the journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940)

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 Islam...

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Main Author: Zemmin, Florian 1981- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston De Gruyter [2018]
Series:Religion and society Volume 76
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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
Physical Description:XIII, 519 Seiten
ISBN:9783110543995