Secularism in the Arab World Contexts, Ideas and Consequences
Secularism in the Arab World: Contexts, Ideas and Consequences

Published in Association with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim CivilisationsExplores secularism and secularisation in Arab societies since the mid-19th centuryTraces the concrete secular transformations in Muslim societies which occurred at particular times and by specific s...

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Main Author: ʿAẓma, ʿAzīz al- 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers : ITMMT
Subjects:
Islamic Studies
HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula
Islam and politics > Arab countries > 20th century
Islam and secularism
Islam and state
Religion and state
Secularism > Arab countries
Online Access:DE-1043
DE-1046
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-473
DE-739
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Summary:Published in Association with the Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim CivilisationsExplores secularism and secularisation in Arab societies since the mid-19th centuryTraces the concrete secular transformations in Muslim societies which occurred at particular times and by specific social agenciesExplores how secular changes influenced the functioning of different strata and groups, and the central attitudes of their membersDevotes considerable attention to religious reform in the broader context of the developments studied, and of the ideological, political and institutional religious reactions to bothIncludes a new Preface by the author to introduce the English translationThis book is a translation of Aziz al-Azmeh's seminal work Al-'Ilmaniya min mandhur mukhtalif that was first published in Beirut in 1992.
Both celebrated and criticised for its reflections on Arab secularisation and secularism in the modern history of the Arab World, it is the only study to date to approach its subject as a set of historical changes which affected the regulation of the social, political and cultural order, and which permeated the concrete workings of society, rather than as an ideological discussion framed from the outset by the assumed opposition between Islam and secularism. The author takes a comprehensive analytical perspective to show that an almost imperceptible yet real, multi-faceted and objective secularising process has been underway in the Arab world since the 1850s. The early onset was the result of adapting to systemic novelties introduced at the time and a reaction to the perceived European advance and local retardation.
The need for meaningful reform, and the actions taken in order to put in place a new organisation of state and society based on modern organisational and educational criteria, rather than older, religious traditions, stemmed from the perceived weakness of Arab polities and from an internal drive to overcome this situation. The book follows these themes into the close of the 20th century, marked with the rise of Islamism. A preface to the English translation takes a retrospective look at the theme from the vantage point of social, political and intellectual issues of relevance today
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Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (592 pages)
ISBN:9781474447492
DOI:10.1515/9781474447492

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