Islam, Modernity, and the Human Sciences /

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...

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Main Author:	Zaidi, Ali (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Subjects:	Education. Islam. Islamic Theology. Religion and Education. Religion and Psychology. Social Theory. Church and education. Islam > Doctrines. Psychology and religion. Social sciences > Philosophy. Electronic books.
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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (XV, 217 pages)
ISBN:	9780230118997
DOI:	10.1057/9780230118997