Fundamentalism and Secularization

Mourad Wahba (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2023 | 1. Auflage
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-22872-6 (ISBN)

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In Fundamentalism and Secularization, Egyptian philosopher Mourad Wahba traces the historical origins of fundamentalism and secularization as ideas and practices in order to theorize their symbiotic relationship, and how it is impacted by global capitalism and, more recently, postmodernism.

This gives voice to an argument from within the Islamic world that is very different to that given platform in the mainstream, showing that fundamentalism does not arise normally and naturally from Islam but is a complex phenomenon linked to modernization and the development of capitalism in dependent countries, that is, tied to imperialism.

Wahba's central argument concerns the organic relationship between fundamentalism and parasitic capitalism. Wahba is equally critical of religious fundamentalism and global capitalism, which for him are obstructions to secularization and democracy. While the three Abrahamic religions are examined when it comes to fundamentalism, Wahba deconstructs Islamic fundamentalism in particular and in the process reconstructs an Islamic humanism.

Including a new preface by the author and translator, Fundamentalism and Secularism provides invaluable insights into how Middle Eastern philosophies open up new lines of thought in thinking through contemporary crises.

Mourad Wahba is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, Ain Shams University, Egypt. He is the author of 22 books and Head and Founder of the Afro-Asian Philosophical Association as well as the Averroes International Association and Enlightenment. Robert K. Beshara is Assistant Professor of Psychology and Humanities, Northern New Mexico College, USA. He is author of Decolonial Psychoanalysis: Towards Critical Islamophobia Studies (2019) and the editor of A Critical Introduction to Psychology (2019). He is the founder of the Critical Psychology website: www.criticalpsychology.org, and is the director of the Critical Psychology certificate programme at the Center for Global Advanced Studies.

Preface
Acknowledgements

Introductory Dialogue, Mourad Wahba (Ain Shams University, Egypt) and Robert K. Beshara (Northern New Mexico College, USA)

Translator's Preface, Robert K. Beshara (Northern New Mexico College, USA)

Part I: Fundamentalism and Secularization
What is Fundamentalism?
What is Secularization?
Fundamentalism and Secularization in the Middle East
Postmodernism and Fundamentalism

Part II: Essays
Philosophy in North Africa
The Concept of the Good in Islamic Philosophy

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2023
Reihe/Serie	Suspensions: Contemporary Middle Eastern and Islamicate Thought
Übersetzer	Robert K. Beshara
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Einbandart	kartoniert
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
ISBN-10	1-350-22872-9 / 1350228729
ISBN-13	978-1-350-22872-6 / 9781350228726
Zustand	Neuware