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'Ulama', politics, and the public sphere : an Egyptian perspective /

"Drawing on a wide range of secondary and primary sources in Arabic, the author presents a detailed account of Egypt's `ulama'. Contrary to the standard scholarly view, which presents the `ulama' as quietly succumbing to the forces of modernization, the author demonstroles that t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hatina, Meir
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2010.
Series:Utah series in Turkish and Islamic studies.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ulama and modernity : a reappraisal
  • Part one. the Ulama of Egypt
  • A historical sketch
  • Modernization and protest
  • Part two. Azharis and the Urabi revolt, 1881-1882
  • Islam and dissidence
  • In defense of religion and homeland
  • Exile as a prism for cultural interaction
  • Part three. confronting a changing world
  • Debating Islam
  • Al-Azhar and the Egyptian nation-state
  • Ulama in the Middle East : a comparative perspective.