Islam in the Modern World

by Nasr, Seyyed Hossein

• ISBN13: 9780061905810
• ISBN10: 006190581X
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-24
• Publisher: Harperone

Summary

The world's fastest-growing religion is also the most misunderstood in the West. In Islam in the Modern World, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the world's leading experts on Islamic thought, explains why traditional Islam exists in tension with modern Western culture, while at the same time it is also opposed by many currents of Islamic "fundamentalism." Islam in the Modern World offers an inside look at this increasingly factious religion with increasing global relevance. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is university professor of Islamic Studies at George Washington University. Author of over fifty books, Professor Nasr is a well-known and highly respected intellectual figure both in the West and in the Islamic world. Born in Tehran, raised from the age of twelve in the United States, and a graduate of MIT and Harvard University, Nasr is well qualified to explain Islam to a Western audience. He appears frequently on MeetthePress, as well as other national news shows.

Table of Contents

List of Transliterations	p. xiii
Preface to the Revised Edition	p. xv
Preface to the Original Edition	p. xvii
Prologue: What Is Traditional Islam?	p. 1
Contentious Issues Debated in Islamic Circles Today
Islam in the Present-Day Islamic World An Overview	p. 17
Jihad Its Spiritual Significance	p. 42
Islamic Work Ethics	p. 50
The Male and the Female in the Islamic Perspective Remembering Certain Basic Principles	p. 62
Traditional Twelve-Imam Shi'ism and the Reality of Sht'ism Today	p. 73
Traditional Islam and Modernism
Islamic Spirituality
Reflections on Conditions Today and Prospects for Tomorrow	p. 89
"Development" in the Contemporary Islamic World	p. 119
Tensions Between Tradition, Modernism, and "Fundamentalism"
Education
Islamic Education, Philosophy, and Science A Survey in Light of Present-Day Challenges	p. 129
Islamic Philosophers' Views on Education	p. 149
Philosophy and Science
Teaching Philosophy in Light of the Islamic Educational Ethos	p. 165
Traditional Islamic Science and Western Science Common Heritage, Diverse Destinies	p. 188
Art and Architecture
Islamic Art and Its Spiritual Significance in the Contemporary World	p. 205
The Architectural Transformation of the Urban Environment in the Islamic World	p. 227
The Principles of Islamic Architecture and Urban Design, and Contemporary Urban Problems	p. 242
Postscript
The Islamic World Present Tendencies and Future Trends	p. 259
Appendices
The Traditional Texts Used in the Persian Madrasahs and the Question of the Revival of Traditional Islamic Education	p. 283
Philosophy in the Present-Day Islamic World	p. 298
Western Interpreters of the Islamic Tradition Academic Scholars	p. 323
In Commemoration of Louis Massignon: Catholic Scholar, Islamicist, and Mystic	p. 325
Henry Corbin: The Life and Works of the Occidental Exile in Quest of the Orient of Light	p. 343
Islam and Some of the Major Western Traditionalists	p. 361
René Guénon and His Influence in the Islamic World	p. 362
Frithjof Schuon and the Islamic Tradition	p. 376
With Titus Burckhardt at the Tomb of Muhyi al-Din ibn 'Arabi	p. 390
Martin Lings and His Islamic Legacy	p. 395
Credits	p. 403
Notes	p. 405
Index	p. 455
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