Overview
- Emphasises how the development of Islam has depended on the activities and personalities of its leaders
- Considers how leading Muslim thinkers have looked at the problems of reform and the demands of modernism
- Builds on sixty years of research on Islamic history undertaken by the author
Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Part II
Keywords
- Islamic studies
- Islamic reform
- Islamic renewal
- Islamic revolt
- religious history
- Middle Eastern politics
- Muslim thinkers
- Muslim activists
- Islam and modernization
- history of Islam
- Arab world and Islamd
- Muslim leaders and state formation
- Muslim leaders against colonialism
- Twentieth century Muslim thinkers
- Twenty-first century Muslim thinkers
- Post-modern era and Islam
- Palestine and Islam
About this book
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Derek Hopwood is Emeritus Fellow of the Middle East Centre of St Antony’s College, Oxford, UK, where he taught modern Middle East studies for over thirty years. He was Visiting Professor at the Universities of Provence, Pennsylvania, Khartoum and Ain Shams. He was founding secretary of the British Society for Middle East Studies and the Middle Libraries Committee and their European equivalents. He is the author or editor of and contributor to numerous books on Middle East and Islamic studies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Islam's Renewal
Book Subtitle: Reform or Revolt?
Authors: Derek Hopwood
Series Title: St Antony's Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75202-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-75201-3Published: 19 April 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09169-9Published: 26 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-75202-0Published: 10 April 2018
Series ISSN: 2633-5964
Series E-ISSN: 2633-5972
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 198
Topics: Politics and Religion, Political History, Middle Eastern Politics