Rethinking Islam Common Questions, Uncommon Answers |
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| Author:
| Arkoun, Mohammed
Lee, Robert D. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8133-2294-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1994 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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Although he is a product of Islamic culture, Mohammed Arkoun nonetheless disagrees with the Islamic establishment and militant Islamist groups. A student of twentieth-century social science in the West and an admirer of liberalism, he self-consciously distances himself from Western Orientalists and Western conceptions of liberalism. This book--the first of Arkoun’s works to be widely available in English--presents his answers to twenty-four deceptively simple questions about...
More DescriptionAlthough he is a product of Islamic culture, Mohammed Arkoun nonetheless disagrees with the Islamic establishment and militant Islamist groups. A student of twentieth-century social science in the West and an admirer of liberalism, he self-consciously distances himself from Western Orientalists and Western conceptions of liberalism. This book--the first of Arkoun’s works to be widely available in English--presents his answers to twenty-four deceptively simple questions about Islam. Taken together, the author’s responses provide an introduction to one of the world’s great religions and offers a biting, radical critique of Islamology as it has been practiced in both East and West.