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A System of Life: Mawdudi and the Ideologisation of Islam
Contributor(s): Hartung, Jan-Peter (Author)

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ISBN: 0199361770     ISBN-13: 9780199361779
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE: $76.48  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Islamic Studies
Dewey: 320.557
LCCN: 2014004872
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" L (1.25 lbs) 367 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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While much current research on political Islam revolves around militant Islamism, the genesis of this ideology remains little understood. A System of Life is a pioneering 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.

Hartung reconstructs his thought in the light of the competing ideologies at play at the time, especially his claim to recast Islam as an all-comprehensive, self-contained and inner-worldly system of life. His analysis is embedded in an understanding of the history of ideas that assumed
increasingly global dimensions through colonial encounters. By showing how Mawdudi -- depicted as a major protagonist of this development - attempted to align elements of Western philosophical thought with selected traditional Islamic ideas and concepts, 'Islamism' is established as an Islamic
contribution to a universalistic notion of modernity.

Along with offering a detailed portrayal of Mawdudi's system of thought, Hartung also discusses the reception and modification of his ideas in the Middle East, predominantly among intellectuals of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, and among their imitators in postcolonial South Asia.

 
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