Being a Muslim in the World [electronic resource] /
Dabashi, H.author.
What does it mean to be a Muslim - in this world, in this deeply transformative time? Hamid Dabashi suggests that the transition to a changed, post-Western world requires the crafting of a new language of critical conversation with Islam and its cosmopolitan heritage - a language that is tuned to the emerging, not the disappearing, world.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: Muslims in the World; 1 But There Is Neither East nor West; 2 Breaking the Binary; 3 The Muslim Cosmopole; 4 Being a Muslim; 5 Din, Dowlat and Donya: Rethinking Worldliness; 6 ""Religion-Quote, Unquote""; Conclusion: Toward a Hermeneutics of Alterity; Index
"Palgrave pivot".
Includes index.
What does it mean to be a Muslim - in this world, in this deeply transformative time? Hamid Dabashi suggests that the transition to a changed, post-Western world requires the crafting of a new language of critical conversation with Islam and its cosmopolitan heritage - a language that is tuned to the emerging, not the disappearing, world.
Middle East-Politics and government.
Imperialism.
Political philosophy.
Social sciences-Philosophy.
World history.
Religion and sociology.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Political Philosophy.
Social Philosophy.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Sociology of Religion.