Islamic Knowledge and the Making of Modern Egypt

A history of Egypt's first teacher-training school, exploring 130 years of tension over the place of Islamic ideas and practices within modernized public spheres.

List of contents

Introduction. Hybridity, Islamic knowledge and 'being modern' in Egypt; 1. Reform, education, and sociocultural politics in nineteenth-century Egypt; 2. Dar al-¿Ulum: hybridity, education, and sociocultural change, 1871-1900; 3. Hybridity, Islamic knowledge, and the formation of Egyptian national culture, 1882-1922; 4. Fighting over the future of Egyptian national culture, 1923-1952; Conclusion. Authority, authenticity, and revolution.

About the author

Hilary Kalmbach is Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern History at the University of Sussex where she specialises in the culture, religion, and art of the MENA region. She has been awarded Fulbright and Clarendon Fellowships, the Cox Junior Fellowship (New College, Oxford), and the BRISMES Graduate Article Prize.

Summary

For 130 years, tensions have raged over the place of Islamic ideas and practices within modern Egypt. This history focuses on a pivotal yet understudied school, Dar al-Ulum, whose alumni became authoritative arbiters of how to be modern and authentic within a Muslim-majority community, including by founding the Muslim Brotherhood.

Product details

• Authors: Hilary Kalmbach, Hilary (University of Sussex) Kalmbach
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781108437592
• ISBN: 978-1-108-43759-2
• No. of pages: 287
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Islam, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Egypt, Social & cultural history, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history