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ISLAM & MODERNITY Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Number 15 Richard L. Chambers, General Editor 1. Beginnings of Modernization in the Middle East: The Nineteenth Century Edited by William R. Polk and Richard L. Chambers 2. The. Mosque in Early Ottoman Architecture By Aptullah Kuran 3. Economic Development and Regional Cooperation: Kuwait By Ragaei El Mallakh 4. Studies in the Social History of Modern Egypt By Gabriel Baer 5. Conflicts and Tensions in Islamic Jurisprudence By Noel]. Coulson 6. The Modern Arabic Literary Language By Jaroslav Stetkevych 7. Iran: Economic Development under Dualistic Conditions By Jahangir Amuzegar and M. Ali Fekrat 8. The Economic History of Iran, 1800-1914 By Charles Issawi 9. The Sense of Unity: The Sufi Tradition in Persian Architecture By Nader Ardalan and Laleh Bakhtiar 10. The Forgotten Frontier: A History of the Sixteenth-Century Ibero-African Frontier By Andrew C. Hess II. Muslim National Communism in the Soviet Union: A Revolutionary Stra(egy for the Colonial World By Alexandre A. Bennigsen and S. Enders Wimbush 12. Karim Khan Zand: A History of Iran, 1747-1779 By John R. Perry 13. The Economic History of Turkey, 1800-1914 By Charles Issawi 14. Tribe and State in Bahrain By Fuad I. Khuri IS. Islam and Modernity: Transformation of an Intellectual Tradition By Fazlur Rahman ISLAM & MODERNITY Transformation of an Intellectual Tradition Fazlur Rahman The University of Chicago Press Chicago & London The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637 The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London © 1982 by The University of Chicago All rights reserved. Published 1982 Paperback edition 1984 Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 9 10 11 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Rahman, Fazlur, 1919- Islam & modernity. (Publications of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies; no. 15) Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Islam-Education. 2. Koran-Hermeneutics. 3. Islam-History. I. Title. II. Title: Islam and modernity. III. Series. BP42.R33 297'.122601 82-2720 AACR2 ISBN 0-226-70284-7 (paper) @ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences--Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. For Bilqis, my model of womanhood, and our children, who are the joy of our life Contents Prefatory Note lX Introduction 1 _1 The Heritage 13 ~ Classical Islamic Modernism and Education 43 Contemporary Modernism 84 4 Prospects and Some Suggestions 130 Index 163 vii Prefatory Note I began writing this book in 1977 and completed it in 1978, although I have noted certain subsequent developments at the revision stage. Here I want to record that two Pakistani intellec tuals, Abll'I-A'la Mawdlldi and Ishtiaq 1;Iusain Qureshi, passed away in September 1979 and in January 1981. Their departure is a loss to Islam, despite my severe, and I believe perfectly justified, criticism of them.
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