Reconfiguring Islamic Tradition - Reform, Rationality, and Modernity

Zusatztext "This is a sensitive and insightful treatment of how tradition evolves within the womb of the modern. Politics and ideas are subtly treated by Haj to reveal how complex notions of the self, subjectivity and society are shaped and transformed over time in modern Islam." Informationen zum Autor Samira Haj is Professor of History at the City University of New York: The Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island. Klappentext Samira Haj is Professor of History at the City University of New York: The Graduate Center and the College of Staten Island. Zusammenfassung Samira Haj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of the writings of Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wahhab (1703-87) and Muhammad 'Abduh (1849-1905)—each of whom is representative of a distinct trend, chronologically as well as philosophically, in the constitution of modern Islam.

Product details

• Authors: Samira Haj
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2011
• EAN: 9780804778602
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-7860-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Cultural Memory in the Present; Cultural Memory in the Present
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Islam / General, Religion - World Religions