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The Islamic Enlightenment - The Modern Struggle Between Faith and Reason (Paperback)
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The Islamic Enlightenment - The Modern Struggle Between Faith and Reason (Paperback)
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Price R292
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE Selected as a book of the
year 2017 by the Times Literary Supplement and the Sunday Times
('At a time when the gulf between Islam and the West yawns
distressingly wide, De Bellaigue's book is a welcome and surprising
corrective' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times) 'The best sort of book
for our disordered days: timely, urgent and illuminating' Pankaj
Mishra 'It strikes a blow ... for common humanity.' Sunday Times
The Islamic Enlightenment: a contradiction in terms? The Muslim
world has often been accused of a failure to modernise, reform and
adapt. But, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the
present day, Islamic society in its Middle Eastern heartlands has
in fact been transformed by modern ideals and practices, including
the adoption of modern medicine, the emergence of women from purdah
and the development of democracy. Who were the scholars and
scientists, writers and politicians that brought about these
remarkable changes? And why is their legacy now under threat?
Beginning with the dramatic collision of East and West following
Napoleon's arrival in Egypt, and taking us through 200 tumultuous
years of Middle Eastern history, Christopher de Bellaigue,
introduces us to key figures and reformers; from Egypt's visionary
ruler Muhammad Ali to brave radicals like Iran's first feminist
Qurrat al-Ayn and the writer Ibrahim Sinasi, who transformed
Ottoman Turkey's language and literature. This book tells the
forgotten story of the Islamic Enlightenment. It shows us how to
look beyond sensationalist headlines to foster a genuine
understanding of modern Islam and Muslim culture, and is essential
reading for anyone engaged with the state of the world today.
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