Overcoming Tradition And Modernity: The Search For Islamic Authenticity

by Robert D. Lee

Overview

'Authenticity' has begun to rival 'development' as a key to understanding the political aspirations of the Islamic world. Almost everywhere modernity has laid waste to tradition, those habits and practices deemed to be timeless and true. Imperialism carried European notions of progress into Muslim-dominated parts of the globe, and subsequently Musl

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367317133
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/28/2019
Pages:	227
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Robert D. Lee is professor of political science at Colorado College.

Table of Contents

The Concept of Authenticity — Authenticity in European Thought — Muhammad Iqbal — Sayyid Qutb — Ali Shari'ati — Mohammed Arkoun — The Elusiveness of Authenticity