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Islam, State, and Modernity

Mohammed Abed al-Jabri and the Future of the Arab World. Middle East Today

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Published: 18th Aug 2017
Dimensions: w 148mm h 210mm d 21mm
Weight: 565g
ISBN-10: 1349951552
ISBN-13: 9781349951550
Barcode No: 9781349951550
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This book offers the first comprehensive introduction to one of the most significant Arab thinkers of the late 20th century and the early 21st century: the Moroccan philosopher and social theorist Mohammed Abed al-Jabri. With his intellectual and political engagement, al-Jabri has influenced the development of a modern reading of the Islamic tradition in the broad Arab-Islamic world and has been, in recent years, subject to an increasing interest among Muslims and non-Muslim scholars, social activists and lay men. The contributors to this volume read al-Jabri with reference to prominent past Arab-Muslim scholars, such as Ibn Rushd, al-Ghazali, al-Shatibi, and Ibn Khaldun, as well as contemporary Arab philosophers, like Hassan Hanafi, Abdellah Laroui, George Tarabishi, Taha Abderrahmane; they engage with various aspects of his intellectual project, and trace his influence in non-Arab-Islamic lands, like Indonesia, as well. His analysis of Arab thought since the 1970s as a harbinger analysis of the ongoing "Arab Spring uprising" remains relevant for today's political challenges in the region.

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"Islam, State and Modernity is a significant contribution to exploring the various aspects of al-Jabri's thought, philosophy, and legacy for a wider readership, on topics ranging from Arab-Islamic thought to the state, politics, ethics, education, and the Qur'an phenomenon. It will prove helpful to students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines, ranging from Middle East Studies to Philosophy." (Tauseef Ahmad Parray, The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences AJISS, Vol. 35 (3), 2018)