Rāshid al-Ghannūshi̇̄ (eBook)

A Key Muslim Thinker of the 21st Century

Mohammad Dawood Sofi (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XVII, 128 Seiten
Springer Singapore (Verlag)
978-981-10-8761-5 (ISBN)

Infos

This book discusses various dynamic facets of the life of R?shid al-Ghann?shi??, a distinguished Islamic thinker and activist not only in Tunisia and North Africa, but in the entire Muslim world. It especially focuses on those aspects related to his intellectual understanding and response to a number of critical contemporary issues. In the 21st Century, R?shid al-Ghann?shi?? is considered as the most moderate among the Muslim thinkers and intellectuals, particularly when it comes to the question of Islam-democracy compatibility and power sharing theory. This book also offers an account of a previously little known, yet much talked about Muslim voice in the post-Arab Spring era.  It further shows how the intellectual Muslim thinkers' own perspectives and expectations from Islamic movement(s) and their interaction with the 'western oriented local leadership', as well as their (secular) policies color their understanding of Islam and various other major issues.

 

Mohammad Dawood Sofi is currently working as Lecturer (on Academic Arrangement Basis) in the Higher Education Department, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He completed his PhD in Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India, on the topic 'Contemporary Challenges to Islam: A Critique of Al-Nahda'. He has authored a book History of Islamic Civilization (New Delhi: Adam Publishers, 2013), his publications (papers, articles, and reviews) on various subjects have also appeared, among others, in Contemporary Arab Affairs, UK (Routledge); The Islamic Quarterly Journal, UK; The Journal of North African Studies, UK (Routledge); Hamdard Islamicus, Pakistan; The Muslim World League Journal, Saudi Arabia; Intellectual Discourse, Malaysia; The Muslim World Book Review (MWBR), UK; Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life, Netherlands (Springer); and Insan and Toplum, Turkey. He is also a member of board of reviewers of Al-Idah Journal, Shaykh Zayed Islamiic centre, University of Peshawar. 

His major areas of interest include: Islamic history and sciences; modern Islamic movements; contemporary trends in Islamic reformist thought; and Middle Eastern politics, especially in Tunisia.

 

---

This book discusses various dynamic facets of the life of Rashid al-Ghannushi, a distinguished Islamic thinker and activist not only in Tunisia and North Africa, but in the entire Muslim world. It especially focuses on those aspects related to his intellectual understanding and response to a number of critical contemporary issues. In the 21st Century, Rashid al-Ghannushi is considered as the most moderate among the Muslim thinkers and intellectuals, particularly when it comes to the question of Islam-democracy compatibility and power sharing theory. This book also offers an account of a previously little known, yet much talked about Muslim voice in the post-Arab Spring era.  It further shows how the intellectual Muslim thinkers' own perspectives and expectations from Islamic movement(s) and their interaction with the 'western oriented local leadership', as well as their (secular) policies color their understanding of Islam and various other major issues.  

Autor

Mohammad Dawood Sofi is currently serving as post-doc fellow in the Faculty of Political Science, Ankara Beyazit Yildirm University, Turkey. He holds PhD in Islamic Studies, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh, India (2016) on the topic “Contemporary Challenges to Islam: A Critique of Al-Nahda”. He is also a Member of Board of Reviewers of Al-Idah, University of Peshawar, Pakistan. His major areas of interest include: Islamic history and sciences; modern Islamic movements; contemporary trends in Islamic reformist thought; and Middle Eastern politics, especially in Tunisia.  

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Life and Character: From Birth to the Formation of a Social Reformer.- Chapter 3 Post-Independent Tunisian Atmosphere and the Emergence of a Social Reformer.- Chapter 4 Towards an Exploration of Works of Rāshid al-Ghannūshi̇̄.- Chapter 5 Rāshid al-Ghannūshi̇̄’s Approach to Islam-West Relationship and Human Rights.- Chapter 6 Rāshid al-Ghannūshi̇̄ on Islam-Democracy and Power Sharing Debate.- Chapter 7 Conclusion.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.4.2018
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 128 p.
• Verlagsort: Singapore
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: Democracy • Human Rights • Islamic Movement • Islam-West Relation • pluralism • Rāshid al-Ghannūshi̇̄ • Tunisia
• ISBN-10: 981-10-8761-X / 981108761X
• ISBN-13: 978-981-10-8761-5 / 9789811087615