Tradition Witnessing the Modern Age: An Analysis of the Gülen MovementTughra Books, 2008 - 208 pagini Western perceptions of the East have been shaped by and large within the framework Western social sciences have drawn. The dress sewn for the Western context did not fit the Muslim world and social movements therein; however, social analysts work on the same model in their efforts to understand the East. The Gulen movement, which flourished first in the "East" but now spread across a hundred countries, is not immune from such a bias. This book on the Gulen movement is an effort to deconstruct this bias and the author points to a need for a comprehensive look on Muslim social movements. The author scholarly treats the Gulen movement in cultural, sociological, and religious standpoints, while laying out the main concepts he finds relevant with the movement's far-reaching spread across the world. As concisely phrased in the title, the Gulen case is an interesting encounter of the "tradition" and "modernity" both in the person of Fethullah Gulen and in the education and dialogue initiatives of the movement. The author sees in Gulen an embodiment of wisdom that peacefully harmonizes the benefits of the modern age and the heritage of a long past. Book jacket. |
Cuprins
A movement that produces its own values | 40 |
Basic characteristics of the Western science and thought | 51 |
Religion and metaphysics Gülens views on the Western science and thought a The relationship between science and determinism | 60 |
Islamic origins of community | 145 |
The spiritual life in Islam | 153 |
Community and the concept of collective personality | 162 |
Concluding remarks | 187 |
Notes | 197 |
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