Ahmed Postmodernism and Islam

Predicament and Promise
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-00574-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 308 Seiten

Can West and East ever understand each other? In this extraordinary book one of the world's leading Muslim scholars explores an area which has which has been almost entirely neglected by scholars in the field - the area of postmodernism and Islam. This landmark work is startling, constantly perceptive and certain to be debated for years to come.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahmed, Akbar S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface, 1. Postmodernism and Islam, i. Questions For Our Age, ii. Grappling with Postmodernism, iii. Muslim Entry into the Postmodernist Phase of History, iv. Muslim Dilemma, 2. Greek Gods and Semitic Prohets, i. The Greeks and the Semites, ii. Star, iii. Cross, iv. Crescent, 3. Confrontation and Clash, i. Islam and the West: A Third Encounter of the Close Kind, ii. The Continuing Impact of the European Legacy, iii. The Tyranny of the Nation-State, iv. Kashmir: A Paradigmatic Post-Modernist Muslim Movement? 4. Studying Islam, i. Muslim Scholarship, ii. The Satanic Verses Affair, iii. The Growth of Occidentalism, iv. Non-Muslim Observers of Islam, 5. Culture and Change, i. Your Jeans for You, My Robes for Me, ii. Islamic Art and Architecture, iii. Changing Western Society, iv. Dangerous Crossings, 6. The Evil Demon: The Media as Master, i. vnderstanding the Demon, ii. The Demon and the Disintegration of the Family, iii. Muslims and the Demon, iv. Conclusion: Taming the Demon, References, Index