Book Summary
This book discloses a largely unnoticed dialogue between Muslim and Western social thought on the search for meaning and transcendence in the human sciences. The disclosure is accomplished by a comparative reading of contemporary Muslim debates on secular knowledge on the one hand, and of a foundational Western debate on the demise of metaphysics in the human sciences on the other hand. The comparative reading is grounded in a dialogical hermeneutic approach; that is, a hermeneutic approach to texts and cultural traditions that draws upon the work of Hans Georg Gadamer and also upon the insights of inter-religious dialogue.
Book Details
| Book Name | Islam, Modernity, And The Human Sciences |
| Author | Ali Zaidi |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan (Apr 2011) |
| ISBN | 9780230110359 |
| Pages | 217 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 3740 |
