Muslim Identities and Modernity

ISBN: 9781784532192 出版年：2016 页码：345 Maha Habib Bloomsbury Publishing

What have the concepts of modernity and secularization meant for Islamic tradition, culture and society? How have the discourses which surround all of these issues influenced Muslim self-perception and individual identity? There have been many attempts to describe and analyse the encounter between Islam and modernity in the Middle East, but few have been able so effectively to explore the impathe idea and reality of religious identity and individual religiosity. Maha F. Habib examines modernity froffering socio-cultural, philosophical and literary perspectives. She assesses how this is played out in Egypt, analysing cultural changes in the country through its intellectual thought and literature, from the nineteenth century to the present day. Her references to the works of Muhammad Abdu, Muhammad Husayn Haykal, 'Abbas Mahmud al-'Aqqad, Naguib Mahfouz, Alaa al-Aswany and Salcontemporary issues and concerns which will interest those researching the cultural and social milieu of modern Egypt.