Zemmin, Florian, 1981-

Modernity in Islamic tradition : the concept of'society' in the journal al-Manar (Cairo, 1898-1940) / Florian Zemmin. - xiii, 519 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Religion and society, volume 76. 1437-5370 ; .

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Bern, 2016.

Include bibliographical references (pages 433-483) and index.

Chapter 1 Introduction: modernity, Islam, and society : the argument for a heuristic eurocentrism -- Chapter 2'Society' in European modernity -- Chapter 3 A Secular Age as a heuristic tool -- Chapter 4 Modernity in Egypt : nation, society, secularism, and the press -- Chapter 5 Al-Manar : the mouthpiece of Islamic reformism -- Chapter 6 The Arabic saddle period and Arabic terms for'society' -- Chapter 7 Al-Hayʼa al-Ijtimāʻiyya in al-Manar : offering umma as an alternative -- Chapter 8 Mujtamaʻ in al-Manar : avoiding the established meaning of'society' -- Chapter 9 Rafiq al-ʻAzm : Islamic reformis, secular historian, and sociological thinker -- Chapter 10 Social association reified : Ijtimāʻ, Ijtimāʻī, and umma in articles by Rashid Rida -- Chapter 11 Conclusion : society, the immanent frame, and modernity : concepts, spins, and genealogies --Appendix : Tables of search terms.

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Manar (Cairo, Egypt : 1898)


Islamic modernism--History--Egypt--20th century.
Egypt--Intellectual life--20th century.