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A system of life : Mawdudi and the ideologisation of Islam /

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While much current research on political Islam revolves around militant Islamism, the genesis of this ideology remains minimally understood. This book presents an examination of the earliest attempt at a systematic outline of Islamist ideology, namely that proposed in the 1930s and early 1940s by th...

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Main Author: Hartung, Jan-Peter (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Maudoodi, Syed Abul ʻAla, > 1903-1979.
Maudoodi, Syed Abul ʻAla, > 1903-1979
Islam > Philosophy.
Islam > Philosophie.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Islamic Studies.
Islam > Philosophy
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Islam.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:While much current research on political Islam revolves around militant Islamism, the genesis of this ideology remains minimally understood. This book presents an examination of the earliest attempt at a systematic outline of Islamist ideology, namely that proposed in the 1930s and early 1940s by the renowned Indo-Muslim intellectual Sayyid Abu'l-A'la Mawdudi. The book reconstructs its argument in the light of the competing ideologies at play at the time, especially its claim to recast Islam as an all-comprehensive, self-contained, and inner-worldly system of life.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 367 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199388264
0199388261