Taste of modernity : Sufism, Salafiyya, and Arabism in late Ottoman Damascus /

Modernization in the Muslim world was determined by the two interrelated processes of indigenous state formation and European economic penetration. This study traces the emergence of modern Islam and examines the relationship of Islamic modernization to the rise of Arab Nationalism.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weismann, Itzchak
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.
Series:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 34.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=117321
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: In Support of the Sultan
  • The Naqshbandiyya-Khalidiyya; Part Two: Facing the West
  • The Akbariyya; Part Three: Resistance to the Emerging Modern State
  • The Salafiyya; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index.