Humanism and Muslim culture
Subtitle: historical heritage and contemporary challenges
By: Stefan Reichmuth, Jörn Rüsen, Aladdin Sarhan (eds.).
Series: Reflections on (in)humanity -- v. 2; Reflections on (in)humanity -- v. 2.
Publisher: V & R unipress; National Taiwan University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Göttingen; Taipei
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9783899719376; 9789860316506
Subjects: Humanismus; Islam; Congresses; Islam and humanism; Kultur
Description: "The papers collected in this volume move from the abstract scheme of an intercultural humanism of the future to the concrete cultural express ions of different times up to the present. They concentrate mainly on three issues. The first is related to contemporary attempts to develop a humanist and historical hermeneutics of the Qur{u2019}an and of Islamic history. The second concerns the discussion about the humanist heritage and the humanitarian trends of Muslim religious and literary culture, and their significance for the history of Islamic Studies in Europe and merica. The third presents a case study on contemporary challenges to the European humanist position towards Islam posed by political communalism in Europe. In all of them, different concepts of humanism and their application are discussed. Taken together, they are appropriate to provide some ground for further productive discussions on the future of an intercultural humanism with respect to the Muslim world."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: International conference proceedings.

"The background of this book was an international symposium on 'Humanism in Islam: An Inter-Cultural Discourse', held from 6 to 8 April 2009 in Alexandria, Egypt. This event was among the international conferences convened by the project 'Humanism in the Era of Globalisation - An Intercultural Dialogue on Humanity, Culture and Values' of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), Essen, Germany. It was held in cooperation with the Goethe Institute Alexandria at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt"--Page [9].

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Humanism and Muslim culture : historical heritage and contemporary challenges / Stefan Reichmuth, Jorn Rusen, Aladdin Sarhan; title: The concept of man in the Qur'an : non-Muslim perspectives / Stefan Wild; title: Rethinking the Qur'an : towards a humanistic hermeneutics / Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd; title: The vicissitudes of ethics in Islamic thought / Mohammed Arkoun; title: Humanism and mysticism : inspirations from Islam / Renate Wursch; title: The perfect man : a humanist? / Hinrich Biesterfeldt; title: Humanism in Islam between mysticism and literature / Stefan Reichmuth; title: Understanding the other : Taha Husayn on reason and individualism / Michael Kreutz; title: Humanism, Orientalism, modernity : a critique / Birgit Schabler; title: The cracks in civilization : the Dutch public discourse on humanism and Islam / Michael Kemper.