Metaphysical Institutions
Islam and the Modern Project
1st Edition
Published on 1. March 2024
311 pages
978-1-4384-9702-0 (ISBN)
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Uses the intellectual encounter between Islam and modernity to explore the nature of culture, civilization, religion, and tradition.
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English
Place of publication
Basel/Berlin/Boston
United States
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Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Digital original
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Reflowable
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Total Illustrations: 6
Total Illustrations: 6
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978-1-4384-9702-0 (9781438497020)
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Caner K. Dagli is Associate Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the College of the Holy Cross and the author of Ibn al-'Arabi and Islamic Intellectual Culture: From Mysticism to Philosophy. He is also one of the general editors of The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary.
Content
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Institutions
1. What Kind of Thing Is Islam?
2. The Nature of Institutions and Shared Thinking
Part II: Metaphysics
3. The Metaphysics of Antidualism
4. The Metaphysics of Meaning
5. The Metaphysics of Paradox
Part III: Islam and the Modern Project
6. The Language Analogy
7. Project and Tradition
8. One Islam, Many Islams, or No Islam?
Conclusion The Sighted Men and the Elephant
Notes
Works Cited
Index
Introduction
Part I: Institutions
1. What Kind of Thing Is Islam?
2. The Nature of Institutions and Shared Thinking
Part II: Metaphysics
3. The Metaphysics of Antidualism
4. The Metaphysics of Meaning
5. The Metaphysics of Paradox
Part III: Islam and the Modern Project
6. The Language Analogy
7. Project and Tradition
8. One Islam, Many Islams, or No Islam?
Conclusion The Sighted Men and the Elephant
Notes
Works Cited
Index
