The Making of Salafism: Islamic Reform in the Twentieth Century: 31 - Rilegato

Lauzière, Henri

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ISBN 10: 0231175507 ISBN 13: 9780231175500

Casa editrice: Columbia Univ Pr, 2015

Riassunto

Some Islamic scholars hold that Salafism is an innovative and rationalist effort at Islamic reform that emerged in the late nineteenth century but gradually disappeared in the mid twentieth. Others argue Salafism is an anti-innovative and antirationalist movement of Islamic purism that dates back to the medieval period yet persists today. Though they contradict each other, both narratives are considered authoritative, making it hard for outsiders to grasp the history of the ideology and its core beliefs.

Introducing a third, empirically based genealogy, The Making of Salafism understands the concept as a recent phenomenon projected back onto the past, and it sees its purist evolution as a direct result of decolonization. Henri Lauzière builds his history on the transnational networks of Taqi al-Din al-Hilali (1894–1987), a Moroccan Salafi who, with his associates, participated in the development of Salafism as both a term and a movement. Traveling from Rabat to Mecca, from Calcutta to Berlin, al-Hilali interacted with high-profile Salafi scholars and activists who eventually abandoned Islamic modernism in favor of a more purist approach to Islam. Today, Salafis tend to claim a monopoly on religious truth and freely confront other Muslims on theological and legal issues. Lauzière's pathbreaking history recognizes the social forces behind this purist turn, uncovering the popular origins of what has become a global phenomenon.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Henri Lauzière is assistant professor of history at Northwestern University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Columbia Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0231175507
• ISBN 13: 9780231175500
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 317