| Description |
1 online resource (519 pages) |
| Series |
Religion and society, 1437-5370 ; volume 76 |
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Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 76.
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| Contents |
Introduction: modernity, Islam, and society : the argument for a heuristic eurocentrism -- 'Society' in European modernity -- A Secular Age as a heuristic tool -- Modernity in Egypt : nation, society, secularism, and the press -- Al-Manar : the mouthpiece of Islamic reformism -- The Arabic saddle period and Arabic terms for 'society' -- Al-Hayʼa al-Ijtimāʻiyya in al-Manar : offering umma as an alternative -- Mujtamaʻ in al-Manar : avoiding the established meaning of 'society' -- Rafiq al-ʻAzm : Islamic reformis, secular historian, and sociological thinker -- Social association reified : Ijtimāʻ, Ijtimāʻī, and umma in articles by Rashid Rida -- Conclusion : society, the immanent frame, and modernity : concepts, spins, and genealogies -- Appendix : Tables of search terms |
| Summary |
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 |
| Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Bern, 2016 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Manār (Cairo, Egypt : 1898)
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| Subject |
Islamic modernism -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century
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Religion and the press -- Egypt -- History -- 20th century
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Civilization, Modern.
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RELIGION / Islam / General.
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Civilization, Modern
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Intellectual life
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Islamic modernism
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Religion and the press
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
3110545845 |
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9783110544862 |
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3110544865 |
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3110543990 |
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9783110543995 |
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9783110545845 |
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