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Modernity in Islamic Tradition: The Concept of 'Society' in the Journal Al-Manar (Cairo, 1898-1940)

Modernity in Islamic Tradition: The Concept of 'Society' in the Journal Al-Manar (Cairo, 1898-1940)

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Series: Religion and Society, Book 76

Islam

ISBN10: 3110710501
ISBN13: 9783110710502
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: Jul 6 2020
Pages: 532
Weight: 1.79
Height: 1.19 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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.

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