Humanism and Muslim Culture
Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges
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Humanism and Muslim Culture
Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges
About This Book
The papers of this volume move from the abstract scheme of an intercultural humanism of the future to concrete cultural expressions of humanism within the Muslim culture of different times up to the present. They concentrate on three issues. The first is related to contemporary attempts to develop a humanist and historical hermeneutics of the Qur'an and of Islamic history. The second discusses the humanist heritage and the humanitarian trends of Muslim religious and literary culture. The third highlights the discussion on Humanism and Islam as a topic within European identity politics, covering the role of this discussion for the history of Islamic Studies in Europe and America, and the contemporary polemics around Islam in the Netherlands. Taken together, the contributions of the volume attempt to provide the groundwork for an assessment of the roots and prospects of an intercultural humanism with respect to the Muslim world.
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- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Body
- Stefan Reichmuth//Aladdin Sarhan: 1. Foreword
- Stefan Reichmuth//Aladdin Sarhan: 2. Humanism and Muslim Culture: Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges
- The present book
- Part I: A humanist hermeneutics of Islam?
- Part II: Debates on humanist elements in Islamic culture
- Part III: Humanism and Islam in European identity politics: German and Dutch cases
- Bibliography
- Part I: A humanist hermeneutics of Islam?
- : 3. The Concept of Man in the Qur'an. Non-Muslim Perspectives
- : 4. Rethinking the Qur'an: Towards a Humanistic Hermeneutics
- : 5. The Vicissitudes of Ethics in Islamic Thought
- Part II: Debates on humanist elements in Islamic culture
- Renate Würsch: 6. Humanism and Mysticism – Inspirations from Islam
- Hinrich Biesterfeldt: 7. The Perfect Man – a Humanist?
- Stefan Reichmuth: 8. Humanism in Islam between Mysticism and Literature
- Michael Kreutz: 9. Understanding the Other: on Reason and Individualism
- Part III: Humanism and Islam in European identity politics: German and Dutch cases
- Birgit Schäbler: 10. Humanism, Orientalism, Modernity: A Critique
- Michael Kemper: 11. The Cracks in Civilizations: The Dutch Public Discourse on Humanism and Islam
- About the Contributors