'Ulama', politics, and the public sphere
Subtitle: an Egyptian perspective
By: Meir Hatina
Publisher: University of Utah Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Salt Lake City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781607810322
Subjects: Politics and government; History; Ulama; Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Ulama and modernity : a reappraisal; title: Part one. the Ulama of Egypt; title: A historical sketch; title: Modernization and protest; title: Part two. Azharis and the Urabi revolt, 1881-1882; title: Islam and dissidence; title: In defense of religion and homeland; title: Exile as a prism for cultural interaction; title: Part three. confronting a changing world; title: Debating Islam; title: Al-Azhar and the Egyptian nation-state; title: Ulama in the Middle East : a comparative perspective.