Intellectual Origins of Islamic Resurgence in the Modern Arab WorldThis is a systematic treatment of the religious, intellectual, cultural, and social foundations of Islamic resurgence in the modern Arab world. Because of the complex origin and controversial nature of this movement, Abu-Rabi> has grounded its thought in the larger context of Arab and Islamic intellectual history. Islamic resurgence has offered a multitude of solutions to the perceived problems of modern Arab and Muslim societies through the pens of its most sophisticated thinkers and philosophers. This study documents in detail the ideas of such leading Islamist thinkers as Hasan Banna, Sayyhid Qutb, Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah, and Yusuf al-Qaradawi. It also discusses contemporary Arab views on resurgence and the relationship between religion and society. |
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al-Banna al-Islām aqidah Arab and Muslim Arab intellectual Arab mind Arab nationalism Arab society Arab world Arabic language Beirut Cairo century civilization colonialism contemporary Arab context crisis critical critique cultural Dār discourse divine doctrine dynamic economic Egypt Egyptian society elite especially European Faḍlallah fi'l fiqh fitnah foundations Hasan hegemony human Ibid ideas ideology Ikhwan imperialism intellectual history intelligentsia Islamic conception Islamic fundamentalism Islamic history Islamic Movement Islamic resurgence Islamic thought Islamic tradition Islamist jāhilī jähiliyah jihad knowledge Lahbabi Laroui liberal major masses means mental Middle East modern Arab world modern Islamic modern Muslim Muḥammad Muslim Brotherhood Muslim societies Muslim world nahḍah nation/state oppression orientalism orientalist philosophy political principles problems question Qur'an Qutb argues Qutb's Qutb's thought radical religion religious revolution role Sayyid Qutb secular secularist sense Shari'ah social justice spiritual Sufism theological thinkers tion ulama ummah University Press wa'l West Western York Zilāl