The Crisis of Muslim Religious Discourse: The Necessary Shift from Plato to Kant

This book explores the secularization process in Muslim societies and the contradictions it entails, highlighting the cultural representations that shape social life. It offers a new theoretical framework to address secularization and the relations between religion, culture, and philosophy, fostering a debate on these topics. It is a valuable resource for scholars of religious studies, philosophy, and anthropology.

Format: Hardback
Length: 206 pages
Publication date: 31 December 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Showing that Muslim societies are facing a crisis that is more cultural than religious, this book focuses on cultural representations through which social life is experienced in the Muslim world. It brings a new theoretical framework to address the secularization process that is underway and the contradictions it entails. This volume will arouse a new debate on secularization and the relations between religion, culture, and philosophy. The crisis Muslim societies are undergoing pertains to the culture and not to the Quran to the extent that people do not have access to the sacred in itself but only for oneself, meaning a cultural interpretation of the sacred. The Quran in itself is not an obstacle to secularization and modernization since any sacred text is experienced through culture. If we consider the European experience where secularization has first emerged, we see that culture has been transformed from medieval metaphysics to modern philosophy upholding a civic culture. Discussing secularization through cultural representation, this book launches new ideas that fill an important gap in the literature on secularization. It is a key resource for any readers interested in religious studies, philosophy, and the anthropology of religion.

Weight: 468g
Dimension: 172 x 241 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032129648