Thinking Between Islam and the West
Subtitle: The Thoughts of Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Bassam Tibi and Tariq Ramadan
Publisher: Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9783034307956
Subjects: Islam, relations; East and west
Description: In this book, the author assesses the social vision of three western Muslim intellectuals, Seyyed H. Nasr, Bassam Tibi and Tariq Ramadan. He finds that the thoughts of Nasr and his students promote a kind of tradition-based society, which is in harmony with the Divine Law in Islam and a hierarchical structure of society. The thoughts of Tibi advocate the concept of Euro-Islam, which tries to rationalize Islam and renders it a personal religion in the private domain. Finally, the thoughts of Ramadan emphasize a communicative society, in which dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims on public a