| Interpreting Islam: Bandali Jawzi's Islamic Intellectual History Contributor(s): Sonn, Tamara (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195100514 ISBN-13: 9780195100518 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $198.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1996 Annotation: In this book, Tamara Sonn provides the first English translation of The History of Intellectual Movements in Islam (1928), a seminal text of Arab modernism written by the Palestinian intellectual Bandali al-Jawzi (1871-1942). In that book, Jawzi offered the first Marxist interpretation of the history and development of Islamic thought. The continuing importance of his work lies in Jawzi's critical method of reevaluating both European "orientalism" and classical Muslim heresiography. Fifty years before Edward Said's landmark Orientalism, Jawzi identified the source of weakness in both as concern for vested imperial interest. Sonn's translation brings to life his skillful and entertaining critique. Her introduction places Jawzi's thought in context with both postmodern intellectuals and Muslim reformists who continue the struggle to apply Islamic principles to contemporary life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Religious - Religion | Islam - General |
| Dewey: 297.09 |
| LCCN: 95050616 |
| Lexile Measure: 1460 |
| Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.46" W x 9.59" (1.18 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Arab World - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this book, Sonn provides the first English translation of The History of Intellectual Movements in Islam (1928), a seminal text of Arab modernism written by the Palestinian intellectual Bandali al-Jawzi (1871-1942). In that book, Jawzi offered the first Marxist interpretation of the history and development of Islamic thought. The continuing importance of his work lies in Jawzi's critical method of reevaluating both European orientalist and classical Muslim accounts of Islamic history. Fifty years before Edward Said's landmark Orientalism, Jawzi identified the vested imperial interests as the weakness in both methodologies. Sonn's translation brings to life this skillful and entertaining critique of Islamic history. Her introduction places Jawzi's thought in context with both postmodern intellectuals and Muslim reformers who continue the struggle to apply Islamic principles to contemporary life. |