Muslim modernities
Subtitle: expressions of the civil imagination
By: edited by Amyn B. Sajoo.
Contributors: Sajoo, Amyn B.; Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Publisher: I.B. Taurus
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781845118723
Subjects: Islam and civil society; Islamic modernism; Islam and culture; Pluralism; Transnationalism; Islamic renewal; Islamic sociology; Citizenship
Description: "This book is about Muslim encounters with the modern: how Islam and those in its orbit have shaped and been shaped by histories that are overlapping and distinctive. Identity and citizenship, piety and protest, music and modes of dress are explored as expressions that bear on the making and remaking of modern public spheres. Muslim as well as non-Muslim scholars show in these pages that tradition and religiosity alike are active players in the making of the modern." "A vital theme is the role of the ethical imagination in expressions of the civil, fed by the diversity of religious and cultural narratives as sources of the self. This can be seen in struggles for civil society and democratic citizenship, in the grappling with new technologies, and in the challenges of political violence. Since the events of September 11, 2001, a failure to come to grips with plural modernities has spurred claims about a 'clash of civilizations'. Fresh perspectives are offered here on what it is to be Muslim and modern, mindful of the rich narratives that inform both identities."--Jacket.
Notes: Published in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.