Modernity in Islamic Tradition: The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940)

Florian Zemmin

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Modernity in Islamic Tradition

The Concept of ‘Society’ in the Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898–1940)

Florian Zemmin

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2018

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Volume 76 | Religion and Society

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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.

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Florian Zemmin, University of Bern, Switzerland.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgments Zemmin Florian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Chapter 1 Introduction: Modernity, Islam, and Society – The Argument for a Heuristic Eurocentrism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
Part A. Assumptions: ‘Society’ and the Secular in European Modernity
Chapter 2. ‘Society’ in European Modernity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	39
Chapter 3. A Secular Age as a Heuristic Tool Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	73
Part B. Expectations: Egyptian Modernity, al-Manar, and Arabic Concepts
Chapter 4. Modernity in Egypt: Nation, Society, Secularism, and the Press Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	93
Chapter 5. Al-Manar: The Mouthpiece of Islamic Reformism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	138
Chapter 6. The Arabic Saddle Period and Arabic Terms for ‘Society’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	177
Part C. Findings: ‘Society’ in al-Manar
Chapter 7. Al-Hayʾa al-Ijtimāʿiyya in al-Manar: Offering Umma as an Alternative Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	199
Chapter 8. Mujtamaʿ in al-Manar: Avoiding the Established Meaning of ‘Society’ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	254
Chapter 9. Rafiq al-ʿAzm: Islamic Reformist, Secular Historian, and Sociological Thinker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	303
Chapter 10. Social Association Reified: Ijtimāʿ, Ijtimāʿī, and Umma in Articles by Rashid Rida Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	350
Chapter 11. Conclusion: Society, The Immanent Frame, and Modernity – Concepts, Spins, and Genealogies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	423
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	433
Appendix: Tables of Search Terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	484
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	509

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July 23, 2018

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9783110545845

Hardcover published on:

July 23, 2018

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110543995

Paperback published on:

July 6, 2020

Paperback ISBN:

9783110710502

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13

Main content:

519

Illustrations:

1

Tables:

19

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110545845

eBook ISBN: 9783110545845

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110543995

Paperback ISBN: 9783110710502

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Islam /Reformismus; Multiple Modernities; Social Imaginaries

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All those interested in Islamic Studies, Religious Studies, Intellectual and Conceptual History, Sociology of Knowledge

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