Reforming Modernity: Ethics and the New Human in the

Reforming Modernity: Ethics and the New Human in the Philosophy of Abdurrahman Taha

Reforming Modernity is a sweeping intellectual history and philosophical reflection built around the work of the Morocco-based philosopher Abdurrahman Taha, one of the most significant philosophers in the Islamic world since the colonial era. Wael B. Hallaq contends that Taha is at the forefront of forging a new, non-Western-centric philosophical tradition. He explores how Tahaâ€™s philosophical project sheds light on recent intellectual currents in the Islamic world and puts forth a formidable critique of Western and Islamic modernities.

Hallaq argues that Tahaâ€™s project departs fromâ€•but leaves behindâ€•the epistemological grounds in which most modern Muslim intellectuals have anchored their programs. Taha systematically rejects the modes of thought that have dominated the Muslim intellectual scene since the beginning of the twentieth centuryâ€•nationalism, Marxism, secularism, political Islamism, and liberalism. Instead, he provides alternative ways of thinking, forcefully and virtuosically developing an ethical system with a view toward reforming existing modernities. Hallaq analyzes the ethical thread that runs throughout Tahaâ€™s oeuvre, illuminating how Taha weaves it into a discursive engagement with the central questions that plague modernity in both the West and the Muslim world. The first introduction to Tahaâ€™s ethical philosophy for Western audiences, Reforming Modernity presents his complex thought in an accessible way while engaging with it critically. Hallaqâ€™s conversation with Tahaâ€™s work both proffers a cogent critique of modernity and points toward answers for its endemic and seemingly insoluble problems.
Country USA
Brand Columbia University Press
Manufacturer Columbia University Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780231193887
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780231193887
ReleaseDate 2019-10-22

Country	USA
Brand	Columbia University Press
Manufacturer	Columbia University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780231193887
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780231193887
ReleaseDate	2019-10-22

Reforming Modernity: Ethics and the New Human in the Philosophy of Abdurrahman Taha

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