Revival and Reform in Islam - The Legacy of Muhammad al-Shawkani

This intellectual biography of Muhammad al-Shawkani, one of the founding fathers of modern Islamic reformism, is also a study of an important transitional period in Yemeni history which saw the shift from traditional Shiism to Sunni reformism. The transition propelled political, religious and social change. While Shawkani espoused a socio-religious order which echoed aspects of Western thinking, the book demonstrates that it was indigenous to Islamic thought. Shawkanis ideas remain vital to the intellectual debates happening in Islam today.

Sommario

1. Charismatic authority: the Qasimi Imamate in the seventeenth century; 2. Becoming a dynasty: the Qasimimi Imamate in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; 3. The absolute interpreter and 'Renewer' of the thirteenth century H; 4. The triumph of Sunni traditionism and the re-ordering of Yemeni society; 5. Clashing with the Zaydis: the question of cursing the Prophet's Companions (sabb al-sahaba); 6. Riots in Sanaa: the response of the strict Hadawis; 7. Shawkani's legacy.

Info autore

Bernard Haykel is Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and History in the Department of Middle Eastern Studies at New York University.

Riassunto

This book is an intellectual biography of Muhammad al-Shawkani, one of the founding fathers of Islamic reformism, and a history of the transition from traditional Shiism to Sunni reformism in pre-modern Yemen. The book demonstrates how Shawkani's ideas remain of central importance to modern Islamic thinking.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Bernard Haykel, Haykel Bernard
• Con la collaborazione di: David Morgan (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 27.05.2003
• EAN: 9780521528900
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52890-0
• Dimensioni: 162 mm x 228 mm x 18 mm
• Peso: 420 g
• Illustrazioni: 8 b/w illus. 1 map, Raster, nicht spezifiziert, Karten
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Età moderna fino al 1918; Islam, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, RELIGION / Islam / General, Yemen, HISTORY / Middle East / Arabian Peninsula, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Middle Eastern history