圖書名稱:Humanism and Muslim Culture: Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges
The papers collected in this volume move from the abstract scheme of an intercultural humanism of the future to the concrete cultural express ions of different times up to the present. They concentrate mainly on three issues. The first is related to contemporary attempts to develop a humanist and historical hermeneutics of the Qur’an and of Islamic history.
The second concerns the discussion about the humanist heritage and the humanitarian trends of Muslim religious and literary culture, and their significance for the history of Islamic Studies in Europe and merica. The third presents a case study on contemporary challenges to the European humanist position towards Islam posed by political communalism in Europe. In all of them, different concepts of humanism and their application are discussed. Taken together, they are appropriate to provide some ground for further productive discussions on the future of an intercultural humanism with respect to the Muslim world.
作者簡介:
Abu Zayd,Nasr Hamid, Prof. Dr. (1943 –2010): Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Universities of Cairo, Leiden and Utrecht.
Arkoun, Mohammed, Prof. Dr. (1928–2010): Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris La Sorbonne; Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Ismaili Studies.
Biesterfeldt, Hans Hinrich, Prof. Dr.: Professor Emeritus of Islamic Studies at the University of Bochum; former Director of Arabicum at the National Language Institute (LSI) of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Kemper, Michael, Prof. Dr.: Professor of Eastern European Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
Kreutz, Michael, Dr.: Researcher at the University of Halle-Wittenberg.
Reichmuth, Stefan, Prof. Dr.: Professor of Islamic and Oriental Studies at the University of Bochum, Co-editor of DieWelt des Islams, International Journal for the Study of Modern Islam.
Rüsen, Jörn, Prof. Dr. Dr. hc: Senior Fellow at the Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut (Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities) KWI Essen, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Witten /Herdecke.
Sarhan, Aladdin, M.A.: Researcher at the University of Erfurt.
Schäbler, Birgit, Prof. Dr.: Professor of History at the University of Erfurt.
Wild, Stefan, Prof. Dr.: Professor Emeritus of Semitic Languages and Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn, Co-editor of DieWelt des Islams, International Journal for the Study of Modern Islam.
Würsch, Renate, Prof. Dr.: Professor for Islamic Studies at the University of Basel and Zurich.
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書摘1
The background of this book was an international symposiumon “Humanismin Islam: An Inter-Cultural Discourse”, held from 6 to 8 April 2009 in Alexandria, Egypt. This event was among the international conferences convened by the project “Humanism in the Era of Globalisation – An Intercultural Dialogue on Humanity, Culture and Values” of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), Essen, Germany. It was held in cooperation with the Goethe Institute Alexandria at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Egypt. We would like to thank Daniel Stoevesandt, Mariam Shalan and the team of the Goethe Institute Alexandria for their constructive and prolific cooperation. We also thank our hosts in Egypt, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in particular its director, Dr. Ismail Serageldin, Ambassador Hagar Islambouly, Dr. Mohsen
Youssef and his team, who provided us with the representative rooms of the
Bibliotheca Alexandrina as a venue for the conference and also helped with the
organizational processes.
We are grateful to Aslı Aymaz, AngelikaWulff and Iain Sinclair for assistance
in copy-editing the manuscript and seeing it to print.
Last but not least, we wish to express our gratitude to the KWI in Essen for the
excellent facilities which it offered for the running of such an ambitious research
project; to the Mercator Foundation in Essen, which funded and promoted the
Humanism Project for four years; and to the Seminar of Oriental and Islamic
Studies at the Ruhr University of Bochum for its contribution to the funding of
this book.
書摘1
The background of this book was an international symposiumon “Humanismin Islam: An Inter-Cultural Discourse”, held from 6 to 8 April 2009 in Alexandria, Egypt. This event was among the international conferences convened by the project “Humanism in the Era of Globalisation – An Intercultural Dialogue on Humanity, Culture and Values” of the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI), Essen, Germany. It was held in cooperation with the Goethe Institute Alexandria at the Biblio...
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目錄
1. Foreword by Stefan Reichmuth / Joörn Rüsen / Aladdin Sarhan
2. Humanism and Muslim Culture: Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges by Stefan Reichmuth / Jörn Rüsen / Aladdin Sarhan
Part I: A humanist hermeneutics of Islam?
3. The Concept of Man in the Qur'an. Non-Muslim Perspectives by Stefan Wild
4. Rethinking the Qur'an: Towards a Humanistic Hermeneutics by Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
5. The Vicissitudes of Ethics in Islamic Thought by Mohammed Arkoun
Part II: Debates on humanist elements in Islamic culture
6. Humanism and Mysticism – Inspirations from Islam by Renate Würsch
7. The Perfect Man – a Humanist? by Hinrich Biesterfeldt
8. Humanism in Islam between Mysticism and Literature by Stefan Reichmuth
9. Understanding the Other: Taha Husayn on Reason and Individualism by Michael Kreutz
Part III: Humanism and Islam in European identity politics: German and Dutch cases
10. Humanism, Orientalism, Modernity : A Critique by Birgit Schäbler
11. The Cracks in Civilizations: The Dutch Public Discourse on Humanism and Islam by Michael Kemper
About the Contributors Index of Names Index of Places
1. Foreword by Stefan Reichmuth / Joörn Rüsen / Aladdin Sarhan
2. Humanism and Muslim Culture: Historical Heritage and Contemporary Challenges by Stefan Reichmuth / Jörn Rüsen / Aladdin Sarhan
Part I: A humanist hermeneutics of Islam?
3. The Concept of Man in the Qur'an. Non-Muslim Perspectives by Stefan Wild
4. Rethinking the Qur'an: Towards a Humanistic Hermeneutics by Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd
5. The Vicissitudes of Ethics in Islamic Thought by Mohammed Arkoun
Part II: Deba...
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作者: Abu Zayd,Nasr Hamid Arkoun, Mohammed Biesterfeldt, Hans Hinrich Kemper, Michael Kreutz, Michael Reichmuth, Stefan Rüsen, Jörn Sarhan, Aladdin Schäbler, Birgit Wild, Stefan Würsch, Renate