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Modernity Islamic Tradition: the Concept of 'Society' Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898-1940)
Modernity Islamic Tradition: the Concept of 'Society' Journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898-1940) in Bloomington, MN
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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.
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.
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