Humanism and Muslim Culture
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Humanism and Muslim Culture

Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges

  1. 188 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Humanism and Muslim Culture

Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges

About this book

The papers of this volume move from the abstract scheme of an intercultural humanism of the future to concrete cultural expressions of humanism within the Muslim culture of different times up to the present. They concentrate on three issues. The first is related to contemporary attempts to develop a humanist and historical hermeneutics of the Qur'an and of Islamic history. The second discusses the humanist heritage and the humanitarian trends of Muslim religious and literary culture. The third highlights the discussion on Humanism and Islam as a topic within European identity politics, covering the role of this discussion for the history of Islamic Studies in Europe and America, and the contemporary polemics around Islam in the Netherlands. Taken together, the contributions of the volume attempt to provide the groundwork for an assessment of the roots and prospects of an intercultural humanism with respect to the Muslim world.

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Yes, you can access Humanism and Muslim Culture by Stefan Reichmuth, Jörn Rüsen, Aladdin Sarhan, Stefan Reichmuth,Jörn Rüsen,Aladdin Sarhan, Sorin Antohi,Jörn Rüsen,Chun-chieh Huang in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & History Reference. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
V&R Unipress
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9783899719376
eBook ISBN
9783862349371
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
History Reference
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Body
  5. Stefan Reichmuth//Aladdin Sarhan: 1. Foreword
  6. Stefan Reichmuth//Aladdin Sarhan: 2. Humanism and Muslim Culture: Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges
  7. The present book
  8. Part I: A humanist hermeneutics of Islam?
  9. Part II: Debates on humanist elements in Islamic culture
  10. Part III: Humanism and Islam in European identity politics: German and Dutch cases
  11. Bibliography
  12. Part I: A humanist hermeneutics of Islam?
  13. : 3. The Concept of Man in the Qur'an. Non-Muslim Perspectives
  14. : 4. Rethinking the Qur'an: Towards a Humanistic Hermeneutics
  15. : 5. The Vicissitudes of Ethics in Islamic Thought
  16. Part II: Debates on humanist elements in Islamic culture
  17. Renate Würsch: 6. Humanism and Mysticism – Inspirations from Islam
  18. Hinrich Biesterfeldt: 7. The Perfect Man – a Humanist?
  19. Stefan Reichmuth: 8. Humanism in Islam between Mysticism and Literature
  20. Michael Kreutz: 9. Understanding the Other: on Reason and Individualism
  21. Part III: Humanism and Islam in European identity politics: German and Dutch cases
  22. Birgit Schäbler: 10. Humanism, Orientalism, Modernity: A Critique
  23. Michael Kemper: 11. The Cracks in Civilizations: The Dutch Public Discourse on Humanism and Islam
  24. About the Contributors