Modernity in Islamic Tradition

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

Bibliographic Data

ID23242594
AuthorsFlorian Zemmin (corresponding author)
Year2018
Publication date2018-07-23
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueModernity in Islamic Tradition (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/9783110545845
OpenAlexW4237635458
Open LibraryOL37278203M
ISBN9783110545845
LanguageEN
Citations received7

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.

Art · Epistemology · Islam · Literature · Modernity · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · History · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Philosophy · Arabic periodicals · Islamic civilization · Mana r (Cairo, Egypt : 1898) · Manār (Cairo, Egypt : 1898) · periodicals · Religion and sociology · Social aspects

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