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Reclaiming Islamic Tradition - Modern Interpretations of the Classical Heritage (Hardcover)
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Reclaiming Islamic Tradition - Modern Interpretations of the Classical Heritage (Hardcover)
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Recent events in the Islamic world have brought to our attention
the formidable potency of the classical Islamic tradition. Debates
over reform, revival, and change in the Islamic world, whether of a
political, religious, or economic nature, revolve around an
engagement with Islamic history, thought, and tradition. This book
examines such debates by exploring modern texts, groups, and
figures that stake out some sort of claim to pre-modern traditions
in disciplines as diverse as Islamic law, Qur'anic exegesis,
politics, literature, and jihad. It challenges the tendency to
locate modern scholars and groups in the Islamic world on an ideal
spectrum running in a linear way from 'modernism' to 'Islamism.' It
provides new insights into the complex religious landscape of the
Islamic world, drawing attention to important scholars and
intellectuals, some of whom have received little or no attention in
western scholarship. It provides an examination of how the
classical Islamic heritage functions in today's Islamic world in
regions as diverse as the Middle East, Iran, and the Indian
subcontinent. In its scope and coverage, this book transcends an
increasing tendency towards bifurcation between classical and
contemporary Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies.
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