Islam, Modernity, Violence, and Everyday Life
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Islam, Modernity, Violence, and Everyday Life

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Islam, Modernity, Violence, and Everyday Life

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This book offers a better insight into the comparison of Western and Islamic cultures, with studies that address the issues of Islam and modernity, violence in Islamic law and history, and respect for individuals' privacy in Islamic cultures.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2009
ISBN
9780230619562
Topic
Philosophy
Subtopic
Philosophy of Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface and Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 Theoretical Considerations
  6. 2 On the Cusp of Modernity: Reading Ibn ‘Abidin of Damascus (1784–1836)
  7. 3 Egyptian Society in the Writings of Muhammad al-‘Abbasi al-Mahdi (1827–97)
  8. 4 Social Custom as a Source of Law in Modern Muslim Societies
  9. 5 War
  10. 6 Apostasy
  11. 7 The Right to Privacy
  12. 8 Incommensurable Values?
  13. Notes
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index