Islamic Fundamentalism and Modernity (RLE Politics of Islam) PDF
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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: POLITICS OF ISLAM ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM AND MODERNITY This page intentionaJiy left blank ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM AND MODERNITY WILLIAM MONTGOMERY WATT Volume 8 Firstpublishedin1988 Thiseditionfirstpublishedin2013 byRoutledge 2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,Oxon,OX144RN SimultaneouslypublishedintheUSAandCanada byRoutledge 711ThirdAvenue,NewYork,NY10017 RoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness ©1988W.MontgomeryWatt Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedor utilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,now knownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinany informationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthe publishers. Trademarknotice:Productorcorporatenamesmaybetrademarksorregistered trademarks,andareusedonlyforidentificationandexplanationwithoutintent toinfringe. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN:978-0-415-64437-2(Set) eISBN:978-0-203-07906-5(Set) ISBN:978-0-415-83080-5(Volume8) eISBN:978-0-203-38134-2(Volume8) Publisher’sNote Thepublisherhasgonetogreatlengthstoensurethequalityofthisreprintbut pointsoutthatsomeimperfectionsintheoriginalcopiesmaybeapparent. Disclaimer Thepublisherhasmadeeveryefforttotracecopyrightholdersandwould welcomecorrespondencefromthosetheyhavebeenunabletotrace. ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTA LISM AND MODERNITY This page intentionaJiy left blank ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTA LISM AND MODERNITY PROFESSOR WILLIAM MONTGOMERY WATT ,~ ROUTLEDGE London and New York First published in 1988 by Routledge II New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE 29 West 35th Street, New York NY 10001 © W. Montgomery Watt 1988 Phototypeset in Linotron Baskerville, 1O/12pt by Input Typesetting Ltd, London Printed in Great Britain by T.]. Press (Padstow) Ltd, Pads tow, Cornwall All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Watt, W. Montgomery (William Montgomery), 1909- Islamic fundamentalism and modernity. 1. Islam I. Title 297 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Watt, W. Montgomery (William Montgomery) Islamic fundamentalism and modernity/William Montgomery Watt. p. cm. Bibliography: p. Includes index. l. Islam-20th century. I. Title. BP60.W37 1988 297'.09'04-dcl9 88-4386 ISBN 0-415-00623-6 CONTENTS I THE TRADITIONAL SELF-IMAGE OF ISLAM 1 1 The unchanging static world 3 2 The finality of Islam 6 3 The self-sufficiency of Islam 8 4 Islam in history 14 5 The idealization of Mupammad and early Islam 17 II THE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION AND ITS DECLINE 24 1 The religious institution at the zenith of its power 25 2 Totalitarian strategies of the religious institution 29 3 The loss of legislative and judicial responsibilities 33 4 Changes in education 38 5 The present position 42 III THE BEGINNINGS OF ISLAMIC RESURGENCE 44 1 Responses to the European impact 44 2 The erosion of the traditional self-image 47 3 Conservative reformers and activists 51 (a) Mupammad 'Abduh 51 (b) J:Iasan al-Banna' 53 (c) Mawdudi 55 (d) Colonel Qadhafi 57 (e) The Ahmadiyya sect 58 (f) Concluding remark 60 IV THE LIBERAL SEARCH FOR A NEW IDENTITY 62 1 The early liberals 62 2 Contemporary liberal thinking 65
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