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100 1 _aJalal, Ayesha,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aMuslim enlightened thought in South Asia /
_cAyesha Jalal.
260 _aAbingdon, Oxon :
_bRoutledge,
_c2025.
300 _axii, 308 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"Muslim Enlightened Thought in South Asia is an engaging history of the enlightened liberality of modern Muslim poets, philosophers, educationists, novelists, historians, artists, and public intellectuals, who drew on a long Muslim intellectual tradition beyond the "Western" liberalism of empire. Interpreting the pathbreaking contributions of an array of creative Muslim figures, the book challenges the view portraying them as exemplars of an insular and defensive "apologetic modernity". It highlights a strand of Muslim thought and liberality of mind that has been ignored by scholars obsessed with dire and dour theologians. This book questions both the presumptions of historians of liberalism that exclude Muslims from the domain of modern liberal thought and the predilections of those scholars of Islam who lean solely on discovering theological rigidity among ulama. It analyzes the forces that have contributed to the narrowing of intellectual space since the late twentieth century and the resilience of expansive and enlightened ideas that have kept candles flickering in the enveloping darkness. Foregrounding the enlightened conceptions of Ghalib, Sayyid Ahmad Khan, Iqbal and Sadequain on faith, selfhood, history, and time - and bringing other Muslim thinkers out of the shadows, the book offers a nuanced reformulation of the meaning of religion for our challenging times. It will be of interest to a wide readership interested in the history of Islam and South Asia"--
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650 0 _aIslam
_zSouth Asia
_xHistory.
_920787
650 0 _aIslam and secularism
_zSouth Asia
_xHistory.
_960297
650 0 _aIslamic modernism
_zSouth Asia
_xHistory.
_960298
650 0 _aLiberalism
_zSouth Asia
_xHistory.
_960299
852 1 _aAyesha Abed Library
_cGeneral Stacks
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