Islam, modernity, and the human sciences / (Record no. 23570)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780230110359 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0230110355 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 300.1 |
| Author Cutter | ZAI |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Author name | Zaidi, Ali Hassan, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Islam, modernity, and the human sciences / |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | New York : |
| Name of publisher | Palgrave Macmillan, |
| Year of publication | 2011. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiii, 217 p. ; |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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"-- |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "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. The book 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"-- |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Social sciences |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Islam |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Christianity and other religions |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010045118-b.html |
| 856 42 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010045118-d.html |
| 856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010045118-t.html |
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| Koha item type | Books |
| Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Henry Martyn Institute Library | Henry Martyn Institute Library | General stacks | 09/24/2025 | Kohinoor Book Distributor | 300.1 ZAI | 26010 | Books |