Freedom, Modernity and Islam: Toward a Creative Synthesis (Modern Intellectual and Political History of the Middle East)
by Richard K. Khuri
Category: Philosophy

In the West, in post-Enlightenment times, the understanding of freedom has been narrowed; it is now irreducibly enmeshed with limited notions of rationality and a "morality" of self-interest. Khuri challenges this perception and explores other dimensions of freedom: quality, transcendence, and the conditions under which community might enhance freedom.