Modernity in islamic tradition : the concept of 'society' in the journal al-manar (Cairo, 1898-1940) / / Florian Zemmin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910467059103321
• Autore: Zemmin Florian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2018
• ISBN: 3-11-054486-5; 3-11-054584-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (534 pages)
• Collana: Religion and society ; ; 76
• Disciplina: 909.08
• Soggetti: Civilization, Modern; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments / Florian, Zemmin -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Modernity, Islam, and Society - The Argument for a Heuristic Eurocentrism -- Part A. Assumptions: 'Society' and the Secular in European Modernity -- Chapter 2. 'Society' in European Modernity -- Chapter 3. A Secular Age as a Heuristic Tool -- Part B. Expectations: Egyptian Modernity, al-Manar, and Arabic Concepts -- Chapter 4. Modernity in Egypt: Nation, Society, Secularism, and the Press -- Chapter 5. Al-Manar: The Mouthpiece of Islamic Reformism -- Chapter 6. The Arabic Saddle Period and Arabic Terms for 'Society' -- Part C. Findings: 'Society' in al-Manar -- Chapter 7. Al-Hayʾa al-Ijtimāʿiyya in al-Manar: Offering Umma as an Alternative -- Chapter 8. Mujtamaʿ in al-Manar: Avoiding the Established Meaning of 'Society' -- Chapter 9. Rafiq al-ʿAzm: Islamic Reformist, Secular Historian, and Sociological Thinker -- Chapter 10. Social Association Reified: Ijtimāʿ, Ijtimāʿī, and Umma in Articles by Rashid Rida -- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Society, The Immanent Frame, and Modernity - Concepts, Spins, and Genealogies -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Tables of Search Terms -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.