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Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences
Ali Zaidi
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Description for Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences
Hardcover. Zaidi assesses the dialogue between Muslim and Western social thought on the search for transcendence in the human sciences; achieved by a comparative reading of current Muslim debate on secular knowledge and Western debate on the demise of metaphysics, drawing upon Hans Georg Gadamer and insights of inter-religious dialogue. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRH; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. 234 pages, 0. Zaidi assesses the dialogue between Muslim and Western social thought on the search for transcendence in the human sciences; achieved by a comparative reading of current Muslim debate on secular knowledge and Western debate on the demise of metaphysics, drawing upon Hans Georg Gadamer and insights of inter-religious dialogue. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HRH; JHBA. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 19. Weight: 392.
Ali Zaidi discloses a largely unnoticed dialogue between Muslim and Western social thought on the search for meaning and transcendence in the human sciences. This disclosure is accomplished by a comparative reading of Muslim debates on secular knowledge on the one hand and of Western debates on the putative death of metaphysics in the human sciences on the other hand. The analysis is grounded in dialogical hermeneutics; that is, a hermeneutic approach to texts and cultural traditions that draws upon the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer and upon the insights of inter-religious dialogue.
Ali Zaidi discloses a largely unnoticed dialogue between Muslim and Western social thought on the search for meaning and transcendence in the human sciences. This disclosure is accomplished by a comparative reading of Muslim debates on secular knowledge on the one hand and of Western debates on the putative death of metaphysics in the human sciences on the other hand. The analysis is grounded in dialogical hermeneutics; that is, a hermeneutic approach to texts and cultural traditions that draws upon the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer and upon the insights of inter-religious dialogue.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
217
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230110359
SKU
V9780230110359
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About Ali Zaidi
Ali Zaidi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University inWaterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Reviews for Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences
"Zaidi's book is an important contribution to the global Islam-Modernity debate." - Ernest Wolf-Gazo, Professor of Philosophy, the American University in Cairo "Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences is a complex and demanding exposition of the epistemological problems that confront any dialogue between civilizations, especially between Islam and the West, but it is also wholly rewarding and ... Read more