Title: Muslim identities and modernity : the transformation of Egyptian culture, thought and literature /
Authors: Habib, Maha,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Social change Egypt.; Islamic modernism Egypt.; Islam and politics Egypt.; Secularism Egypt.; Islam and politics; Islamic modernism; Secularism; Social change; Egypt
Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Secularization, Islam and the predicament of identity. The Enlightenment project and secularization in the West -- Modernity and Islam in Egypt : the struggle for self-representation and the problem of orientation (late nineteenth century-early twentieth century) -- Islam and modernity : the predicament of identity (early twentieth century-present) -- Narrating Islam, modernity and Muslim identity (mid-twentieth century-present) -- Part II. States of cultural contestation and the struggle for self-definition (early twentieth century-mid-twentieth century). Narrating the nation : the rise of Egyptian (territorial) nationalism (1900-1930s) -- The rise of Easternism and national redefinition (1930s-1950s) -- Part III. States of ambivalence (mid-twentieth century-present). From sacred to secular : time and space, alienation and exile -- The transformation of social formations -- The plight of women -- Ambivalent identities and the sacred -- Conclusions and recommendations.