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Reforming Modernity
Ethics and the New Human in the Philosophy of Abdurrahman Taha
Langbeschreibung
Reforming Modernity is a sweeping intellectual history and philosophical reflection built around the work of the philosopher Abdurrahman Taha. Wael B. Hallaq explores how Taha's philosophical project sheds light on recent intellectual currents in the Islamic world and puts forth a formidable critique of Western and Islamic modernities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Citation Method and Abbreviated TitlesPreface and AcknowledgmentsIntroduction 1. "Rethinking the Islamic Tradition": A Conceptual Framework 2. The Spirit of Modernity 3. Islamic Applications of Modernity's Spirit4. Recasting Reason5. Religion, Secularism, Ethics: A Concept of Critique6. Sovereignty, Ethical Management, and TrusteeshipEpilogue: A New Concept of the HumanAppendix: Taha Responding Notes Bibliography Index
Wael B. Hallaq is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies at Columbia University. His works, which have been translated into a number of languages, include The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament (2013), which won Columbia University Press's Distinguished Book Award, and Restating Orientalism: A Critique of Modern Knowledge (Columbia, 2018).
ISBN-13:
9780231193887
Veröffentl:
2019
Erscheinungsdatum:
12.11.2019
Seiten:
376
Autor:
Wael Hallaq
Gewicht:
663 g
Format:
236x159x32 mm
Sprache:
Englisch