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Fundamentalism and Secularization (Hardcover)
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Fundamentalism and Secularization (Hardcover)
Series: Suspensions: Contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought
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In Fundamentalism and Secularization, Egyptian philosopher Mourad
Wahba traces the historical origins of fundamentalism and
secularization as ideas and practices in order to theorize their
symbiotic relationship, and how it is impacted by global capitalism
and, more recently, postmodernism. This gives voice to an argument
from within the Islamic world that is very different to that given
platform in the mainstream, showing that fundamentalism does not
arise normally and naturally from Islam but is a complex phenomenon
linked to modernization and the development of capitalism in
dependent countries, that is, tied to imperialism. Wahba's central
argument concerns the organic relationship between fundamentalism
and parasitic capitalism. Wahba is equally critical of religious
fundamentalism and global capitalism, which for him are
obstructions to secularization and democracy. While the three
Abrahamic religions are examined when it comes to fundamentalism,
Wahba deconstructs Islamic fundamentalism in particular and in the
process reconstructs an Islamic humanism. Including a new preface
by the author and translator, Fundamentalism and Secularism
provides invaluable insights into how Middle Eastern philosophies
open up new lines of thought in thinking through contemporary
crises.
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