Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences (repost)
Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences by Ali Zaidi
English | ISBN: 0230110355 | PDF | 2011 | 234 pages | 3,4 Mb
English | ISBN: 0230110355 | PDF | 2011 | 234 pages | 3,4 Mb
This book discloses a largely unnoticed dialogue between Muslim and Western social thought on the search for meaning and transcendence in the human sciences. The disclosure is accomplished by a comparative reading of contemporary Muslim debates on secular knowledge on the one hand, and of a foundational Western debate on the demise of metaphysics in the human sciences on the other hand.
The comparative reading is grounded in a dialogical hermeneutic approach; that is, a hermeneutic approach to texts and cultural traditions that draws upon the work of Hans Georg Gadamer and also upon the insights of inter-religious dialogue.