The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1405121742 ISBN 13: 9781405121743

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2006

Riassunto

The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Islamic Thought reflects the variety of trends, voices, and opinions in the contemporary Muslim intellectual scene.

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• Challenges Western misconceptions about the modern Muslim world in general and the Arab world in particular.
  
• Consists of 36 important essays written by contemporary Muslim thinkers and scholars.
  
• Covers issues such as Islamic tradition, modernity, globalization, feminism, the West, the USA, reform, and secularism.
  
• Helps readers to situate Islamic intellectual history in the context of Western intellectual trends.

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Recensione:

[The essays] explore the history, range, and future of these issues in contemporary Muslim societies. Furthermore, they help readers to situate Islamic intellectual history in the context of Western intellectual trends and issues. ( Ebook30.com, March 21, 2009)

L'autore:

Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi‘ is Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations and co-Director of the Duncan Black McDonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations at Hartford Seminary. He is the co-editor of The Muslim World, the oldest journal on Islam in the US. He is the editor of several books and the author of the following: Intellectual Origins of Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Arab World (State University of New York Press, 1995) and Contemporary Arab Thought: Studies in Post-1967 Arab Intellectual History (Pluto Press, 2004).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1405121742
• ISBN 13: 9781405121743
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 675
• Redattore: Abu-Rabi Ibrahim M.