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In this book, Sonn provides the first English translation of The History of Intellectual Movements in Islam (1928), a seminal text of Arab modernism written by the Palestinian intellectual Bandali al-Jawzi (1871-1942). In that book, Jawzi offered the first Marxist interpretation of the historyand development of Islamic thought. The continuing importance of his work lies in Jawzi's critical method of reevaluating both European "orientalist" and classical Muslim accounts of Islamic history. Fifty years before Edward Said's landmark Orientalism, Jawzi identified the vested imperialinterests as the weakness in both methodologies. Sonn's translation brings to life this skillful and entertaining critique of Islamic history. Her introduction places Jawzi's thought in context with both postmodern intellectuals and Muslim reformers who continue the struggle to apply Islamicprinciples to contemporary life.
- Contents
- Introduction
- Biographical Sketch of Bandali Jawzi
- Bandali Jawzi's Works
- The Significance of Bandali Jawzi's Work
- I. COMMENTARY
- 1. Jawzi, Marxism, and Islamic Socialism
- 2. The Hermeneutics of Islamic Reform
- 3. Bandali Jawzi's Hermeneutics
- 4. Conclusion
- II. THE HISTORY OF INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENTS IN ISLAM: THE SOCIAL MOVEMENTS
- Introduction: The Unity of Social Laws
- 1. The Economic Bases of Islam
- 2. Arab Imperialism and the Vanquished Nations
- 3. Babak's Movement and His Socialist Doctrine
- 4. The Isma'ilis
- 5. The Qaramatis
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Part I
- Part II
- Index
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- C
- D
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