Secular Islam

While he appears to have been a relentless critic of secularism as a liberal ideal, the celebrated Indian poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal might also be considered among its more important non-European theorists. Globally one of the most influential Muslim thinkers of the twentieth century, Iqbal...

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Subtitles:Political Theology in India
Main Author: Devji, Faisal (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2018]
In: Political theology
Year: 2018, Volume: 19, Issue: 8, Pages: 704-718
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Iqbal, Muhammad 1877-1938 / India / Islam / Theology / Politics
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
BJ Islam
KBM Asia
TJ Modern history
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Theology
B Esotericism
B Islam
B Politics
B Iqbal
B Freedom
B Secularism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:While he appears to have been a relentless critic of secularism as a liberal ideal, the celebrated Indian poet and philosopher Mohammad Iqbal might also be considered among its more important non-European theorists. Globally one of the most influential Muslim thinkers of the twentieth century, Iqbal started publishing in its first decade, reaching the height of his power and popularity during the inter-war period until he died in Lahore in 1938. He studied philosophy as well as Arabic and Persian thought in Lahore, Cambridge, and Munich, and drew extensively upon European as much as Asian thinkers. I will argue here that Iqbal followed an important tradition of pre-modern philosophy by thinking about the relationship between politics and theology in esoteric terms.
Item Description:Das gedruckte Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 19 Numbers 7-8 November-December 2018"
ISSN:1743-1719
Contains:Enthalten in: Political theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1493974