Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences, Hardcover by Zaidi, Ali; Dallmayr, ...-image

Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences, Hardcover by Zaidi, Ali; Dallmayr, ...

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Item Weight: 15 Oz Language: English Subject Area: Religion, Philosophy, Social Science width: 5.7 in Number of Pages: Xv, 217 Pages height: 0.8 in Item Height: 0.8 in Item Width: 5.7 in Publication Year: 2011 Author: Ali Zaidi Publication Name: Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences ISBN: 9780230110359 Item Length: 8.7 in Subject: Islam / Theology, Social, Islam / General, Christianity / General, Psychology of Religion, Sociology of Religion Type: Textbook Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Format: Hardcover Book Title: Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences

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Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences, Hardcover by Zaidi, Ali; Dallmayr, .... Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences, Hardcover by Zaidi, Ali; Dallmayr, Fred (FRW), ISBN 0230110355, ISBN-13 9780230110359, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "This book serves as a "translation service" between Muslim and Western social thought on the search for meaning and transcendence in the human sciences. The translation 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. Th challenges contemporary Muslim critics who regard the modern human sciences as leading inevitably toward nihilism,and Western critics who regard religious thought as inimical to the human sciences. It also expands the realm of social theory beyond the Western canon, and contributes to the new and growing field of comparative social theory"--

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