Pioneers of Islamic Revival Second Edition

by Rahnema, Ali

• ISBN13: 9781842776155
• ISBN10: 1842776150
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-03-03
• Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF CHCIAGO PRESS

Summary

This book examines the political environments, lives and works of those diverse 19th and 20th century Muslim thinkers who believed that Islam was capable of providing practical solutions to the problems of the modern world. It provides a balanced account of their contribution to contemporary revolutionary Islam and to political developments in countries from Morocco to Indonesia. A new introductory chapter included in this updated edition addresses these thinkers in the context of the extraordinarily changed circumstances confronting Islamic countries since 9/11.

Author Biography

Ali Rahnema teaches Economics at the American University of Paris.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	vii
Introduction to 2nd Edition: Contextualizing the Pioneers of Islamic Revival	ix
Ali Rahnema
From the Wall of Mistrust to the Fortress of Contempt	ix
The US Military Intervention in Iraq and its Consequences	xiii
Desperation and Irrationality Prevail	xv
Politics and Rhetoric of Rage and Arrogance	xix
A Rough Road Map to Understanding	xxv
European Colonization and Islam's Resistance (1800--1924)	xxvi
North Africa	xxvii
The Indian Subcontinent	xxix
Iran	xxxvi
The Borderless Pan-Islamists	xxxix
The Gestation Period (1925-1978)	xliii
Islamic Ideologues	xlv
Muslim Countries and Islamic Opposition	lii
Islam on the Offensive (1979 to the Present)	lvii
The Challenge of the Iranian Revolution	lix
Neutralizing the Iranian Revolution	lxii
The War in Afghanistan: A Different Model of Islamic Struggle	lxiii
The Algerian Bloodbath	lxix
Lebanese Hizballah	lxxi
Conclusion	lxxiv
Introduction to First Edition	1	(10)
Ali Rahnema
Certain Attributes of Islamic Revivalists	4	(7)
Sayyid Jamal al-Din `al-Afghani'	11	(19)
Nikki R. Keddie
Jamal al-Din's Biography	13	(11)
Sayyid Jamal al-Din's Influence	24	(6)
Muhammad Abduh: Pioneer of Islamic Reform	30	(34)
Yvonne Haddad
Abduh's Milieu	34	(1)
Abduh's Analysis of the Problem	35	(8)
Abduh's Reform Project	43	(3)
Qur'anic Exegesis	46	(3)
Education	49	(3)
Politics	52	(4)
The Role of Women	56	(3)
Conclusion	59	(5)
Khomeini's Search for Perfection: Theory and Reality	64	(34)
Baqer Moin
Introduction	64	(1)
Background	65	(1)
Education	66	(3)
In Search of the Perfect Man	69	(7)
Interest in Politics	76	(14)
The Ruler	90	(3)
Conclusion	93	(5)
Mawdudi and the Jama'at-i Islami: The Origins, Theory and Practice of Islamic Revivalism	98	(27)
Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr
The Making of the Revivalist: Mawdudi's Life and Education	99	(5)
Mawdudi's Thought and Ideology	104	(7)
Jama'at-i Islami	111	(1)
Jama'at's Structure	112	(1)
Jama'at's History and Politics	113	(7)
Continuity and Change in Jama'at's Structure	120	(5)
Hasan al-Banna (1906--1949)	125	(29)
David Commins
Historical Background	125	(3)
Hasan al-Banna	128	(5)
Hasan al-Banna's Thought	133	(11)
Hasan al-Banna: Organizer and Activist	144	(5)
Hasan al-Banna in Historical Perspective	149	(5)
Sayyid Qutb: The Political Vision	154	(30)
Charles Tripp
Introduction	154	(1)
Life, Career and Writings	155	(10)
The Political Vision: from Al-'Adalah al-Ijtima'iyyah fi al-Islam to Ma'alim fi al-Tariq	165	(10)
Influence	175	(5)
Conclusion	180	(4)
Musa al-Sadr	184	(24)
Augustus Richard Norton
Peripheral Arabs	185	(2)
Historical Roots of Shi'ism	187	(2)
The Martyrdom of Imam Husain	189	(2)
Islamic Populism and the Shi'i Movements	191	(1)
The Renovation of Shi'ism as a Political Ideology	192	(3)
Musa al-Sadr	195	(2)
Political Style	197	(7)
Imam al-Ghaib	204	(4)
Ali Shariati: Teacher, Preacher, Rebel	208	(43)
Ali Rahuema
Family Background	208	(2)
Childhood and Adolescence	210	(4)
Shariati's Political Heritage	214	(3)
Shariati's University Years	217	(1)
Shariati's Paris	218	(7)
The Return to Iran	225	(17)
Hejira and Death	242	(9)
Muhammad Baqer as-Sadr	251	(22)
Chibli Mallat
Index	273