The Time of Turāth: Authenticity and Temporality in Contemporary Arab Thought by Viersen, Harald

The Time of Turāth: Authenticity and Temporality in Contemporary Arab Thought

Recent Arab intellectual debates are often described as revolving around Arab-Islamic cultural heritage (turāth) and the role...
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Author: Harald Viersen
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The Time of Turāth: Authenticity and Temporality in Contemporary Arab Thought by Viersen, Harald

The Time of Turāth: Authenticity and Temporality in Contemporary Arab Thought

$191.75

The Time of Turāth: Authenticity and Temporality in Contemporary Arab Thought

$191.75
Author: Harald Viersen
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Recent Arab intellectual debates are often described as revolving around Arab-Islamic cultural heritage (turāth) and the role that it ought to play in modern society. This debate is standardly characterized as a confrontation between traditionalists and modernists, the former idolizing an 'authentic' heritage, the latter blaming traditionalism for Arab society's inability to 'modernize'.
This study argues that this standard narrative has become overly dominant, making it impossible for different perspectives to be either voiced or heard. It calls for a critical review of how we think about contemporary Arab thought through an analysis of the progressive-linear temporal structure underlying the authenticity-modernity dichotomy. Looking in detail at three Arab intellectuals of the last fifty years - Zakī Najīb Maḥmūd, Adonis, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Ṭāhā - the study shows how this temporal structure underlies their thinking, but also how their efforts to break away from it build on a critique of its temporal basis. This analysis in turn enables an overhaul of the authenticity-modernity paradigm, which not only leads to a richer, critical engagement with contemporary Arab thought, but also brings out its moral dimensions.



Author: Harald Viersen
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: 12/02/2024
Pages: 429
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.13d
ISBN: 9783110995671

About the Author
Harald Viersen, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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