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Author Hatina, Meir

Title 'Ulama', politics, and the public sphere : an Egyptian perspective / Meir Hatina
Published Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages)
Series Utah series in Turkish and Islamic studies
Utah series in Turkish and Islamic studies.
Contents Ulama and modernity : a reappraisal -- Part one. the Ulama of Egypt -- A historical sketch -- Modernization and protest -- Part two. Azharis and the Urabi revolt, 1881-1882 -- Islam and dissidence -- In defense of religion and homeland -- Exile as a prism for cultural interaction -- Part three. confronting a changing world -- Debating Islam -- Al-Azhar and the Egyptian nation-state -- Ulama in the Middle East : a comparative perspective
Summary "Drawing on a wide range of secondary and primary sources in Arabic, the author presents a detailed account of Egypt's ̀ulama'. Contrary to the standard scholarly view, which presents the ̀ulama' as quietly succumbing to the forces of modernization, the author demonstroles that the clerics reacted in complex and diverse ways. In so doing, he provides the ̀ulama' with agency, turning them into historical actors who shaped their fate at a crucial junclure in modern Middle East history. The book fills a major gap in the academic literature."--John Calvert, Department of History, Creighton University
The current status of the Sunni ̀ulama', or religious scholars, has attracted renewed academic interest during the last decade in light of their assertiveness regarding moral and sociopolitical issues on the Arab-Muslim agenda. This vitality has been attributed to the Islamic resurgence from the 1970s onward, which forced the political elites to rely increasingly on the religious establishment, thereby allowing the ̀ulama' greater freedom of activity
The present study, however, returns to an earlier period in history and shows that such vitality is not new. Its roots go back to the late nineteenth century, an accelerated period of state building and national cohesion. The sustained efforts of the ̀ulama' to restrain the nationalist/modernist impetus, the study further argues, facilitated a more convenient climate for dissident Islamic movements to further their cause. --Book Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-238) and index
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Subject Ulama -- Egypt -- History
Islam -- Egypt -- History
RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
Islam
Politics and government
Ulama
Gelehrter -- Islam -- Ägypten.
Islam -- Politik -- Ägypten.
Politik -- Islam -- Ägypten.
Ulema.
Öffentlicher Raum.
SUBJECT Egypt -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041317
Subject Egypt
Ägypten.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781607819776
1607819775