Islam
Subtitle: to reform or to subvert?
By: Mohammed Arkoun.
Contributors: Arkoun, Mohammed
Edition: Updated ed.
Publisher: Saqi Essentials
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780863567650
Subjects: Islam.; Islam -- Historiography.
Description: "At a time when Islam is the focus of attention, vilified by some and a source of inspiration for others, Arkoun's is one of few voices that seek to go against the stream. His radical review of mainstream historiography of Islam draws on interdisciplinary analysis - historical, social, psychological and anthropological. One of the foremost thinkers of the Muslim world, Arkoun is in a position to question dogmatic constructs from within, with respect and critical acumen. An understanding of this approach can lead to an emancipatory turn in the intellectual and political spheres of Muslim societies."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published as Unthought in contemporary Islamic thought : London : Saqi Essentials, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Thinking the unthinkable and the unthought in contemporary Islamic thought; title: A critical introduction to Qurʾānic studies; title: Belief and the construction of the subject in Islamic contexts; title: Logocentrism and religious truth in Islamic thought: the example of al-Iʻlām bi-Manāqib al-Islām; title: Authority and power in Islamic thought; title: The concept of person in Islamic tradition; title: Aspects of religious imaginary: the examples of the crusades and the Battle of Lepanto; title: The rule of law and civil society in Muslim contexts: beyond dualist thinking.