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Modernity in Islamic tradition
The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940)
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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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Modernity in Islamic tradition, Florian Zemmin
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- 2018
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- Title
- Modernity in Islamic tradition
- Subtitle
- The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940)
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Florian Zemmin
- Publisher
- De Gruyter
- Released
- 2018
- ISBN10
- 3110543990
- ISBN13
- 9783110543995
- Series
- Religion and society
- Category
- University and college textbooks
- Description
- 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.