Islam's predicament with modernity religious reform and cultural change / Bassam Tibi.
| Author/creator | Tibi, Bassam |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London ; New York : Routledge, |
| Description | xv, 407 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Cultural tensions, modernity, globalization, and conflict -- The predicament : the exposure to cultural modernity, and the need for an accommodation. Religious reform and cultural change in Islamic civilization -- Issue areas of the predicament I : modernity and knowledge. Torn between reason and Islamization -- Issue areas of the predicament II : cultural modernity and law. The contemporary reinvention of shari'a for the shari'atization of Islam -- Issue areas of the predicament III : Islam, the principle of subjectivity, and individual human rights -- Islam's predicament as a source of conflict. Cultural-religious tensions and identity politics -- Cultural change and religious reform I : The challenge of secularization in the shadow of de-secularization -- Cultural change and religious reform II : pluralism of religions vs. Islamic supremacism -- Authenticity and cultural legacy : a plea for the revival of the heritage of Islamic rationalism : falsafa/rational philosophy vs. fiqh-orthodoxy -- Case studies I : the failed cultural transformation in Egypt. A model for the Islamic world? -- Case studies II : the gulf beyond the age of oil. The envisioned cultural project for the future -- Conclusions and future prospects : cultural modernity and the Islamic dream of semi-modernity. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [370]-389) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008037898 |
| ISBN | 9780415484718 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415484715 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780415484725 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0415484723 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780203881552 (ebook) |
| ISBN | 0203881559 (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |