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Leonard Binder and the Hermeneutic of Authenticity - Critical Note

Leonard Binder and the Hermeneutic of Authenticity - Critical Note LEONARD BINDER AND THE HERMENEUTIC OF AUTHENTICITY - CRITICAL NOTE BY GEORG STAUTH HERE Is little doubt that Islamic fundamentalism is the most Tsignificant social movement in the Middle East since the advent of independent nation states in the regionl. Islam had once passed through a phase of modernization of religious thought in the age of liberaliSM2. But that current trends of Fundamentalism could have a liberalist turn, is a challenging argument. Leonard Binder's «Islamic Liberalism»3, purports this argument and imagines that Islamism and Liberalism should have a common future in con- tributing to promote a modern civil society and democracy. At the turn of the century and in the 1930s and 40s liberalist Muslims wanted to demonstrate the compatibility of Islam with the logic of science and modernity. As a result of this, Islamic refor- mists like Taha Husayn opted for a restrained and purely cultural role of religion, instrumental to politics and secular needs. This liberalism reflects and corresponds to secularist critiques of religion. But fundamentalism, although it reflects such critiques, aims at religious totalization of the society and votes for a symbiosis of religion, state and modern life styles. It might, therefore, well be questionable http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Arabica Brill

Leonard Binder and the Hermeneutic of Authenticity - Critical Note

Stauth, Georg
Arabica , Volume 40 (1): 62 – Jan 1, 1993
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© 1993 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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LEONARD BINDER AND THE HERMENEUTIC OF AUTHENTICITY - CRITICAL NOTE BY GEORG STAUTH HERE Is little doubt that Islamic fundamentalism is the most Tsignificant social movement in the Middle East since the advent of independent nation states in the regionl. Islam had once passed through a phase of modernization of religious thought in the age of liberaliSM2. But that current trends of Fundamentalism could have a liberalist turn, is a challenging argument. Leonard Binder's «Islamic Liberalism»3, purports this argument and imagines that Islamism and Liberalism should have a common future in con- tributing to promote a modern civil society and democracy. At the turn of the century and in the 1930s and 40s liberalist Muslims wanted to demonstrate the compatibility of Islam with the logic of science and modernity. As a result of this, Islamic refor- mists like Taha Husayn opted for a restrained and purely cultural role of religion, instrumental to politics and secular needs. This liberalism reflects and corresponds to secularist critiques of religion. But fundamentalism, although it reflects such critiques, aims at religious totalization of the society and votes for a symbiosis of religion, state and modern life styles. It might, therefore, well be questionable

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Published: Jan 1, 1993

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