Irfan Ahmad makes the far-reaching argument that potent systems and modes for self-critique as well as critique of others are inherent in Islam–indeed, critique is integral to its fundamental tenets and practices. Challenging common views of Islam as hostile to critical thinking, Ahmad delineates thriving traditions of critique in Islamic culture, focusing in large part on South Asian traditions. Ahmad interrogates Greek and Enlightenment notions of reason and critique, and he notes how they are invoked in relation to "others, " including Muslims. Drafting an alternative genealogy of critique in Islam, Ahmad reads religious teachings and texts, drawing on sources in Hindi, Urdu, Farsi, and English, and demonstrates how they serve as expressions of critique. Throughout, he depicts Islam as an agent, not an object, of critique.On a broader level, Ahmad expands the idea of critique itself. Drawing on his fieldwork among marketplace hawkers in Delhi and Aligarh, he construes critique anthropologically as a sociocultural activity in the everyday lives of ordinary Muslims, beyond the world of intellectuals. Religion as Critique allows space for new theoretical considerations of modernity and change, taking on such salient issues as nationhood, women’s equality, the state, culture, democracy, and secularism.
Irfan Ahmad
Religion as Critique [PDF ebook]
Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the Marketplace
Religion as Critique [PDF ebook]
Islamic Critical Thinking from Mecca to the Marketplace
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语言 英语 ● 格式 PDF ● 网页 300 ● ISBN 9798890855091 ● 出版者 The University of North Carolina Press ● 发布时间 2017 ● 下载 3 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 9200770 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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