02108cam a2200241 a 4500 9780230110359 0230110355 ENG 300.1 ZAI Zaidi, Ali Hassan, Islam, modernity, and the human sciences / New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. xiii, 217 p. ; "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"-- "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"-- Social sciences Islam Christianity and other religions http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010045118-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010045118-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010045118-t.html BK 0 0 0 0 HMI HMI GEN 2025-09-24 Kohinoor Book Distributor 0 300.1 ZAI 26010 2025-09-24 2025-09-24 BK 23570 23570