Islam and Postmodernism
Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures
A Ziauddin Sardar Reader
Edited by
Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell
Pluto
LONDON • STERLING, VIRGINIA
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First published 2003 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166–2012, USA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Ziauddin Sardar 2003 © Introduction and selection Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell 2003 The right of Ziauddin Sardar, Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7453 1985 8 hardback ISBN 0 7453 1984 X paperback Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Sardar, Ziauddin. Islam, postmodernism and other futures : a Ziauddin Sardar reader / edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–7453–1985–8 (HB) –– ISBN 0–7453–1984–X (PB) 1. Islam––20th century. 2. Postmodernism––Religious aspects––Islam. 3. Islamic renewal. 4. Civilization, Islamic. I. Inayatullah, Sohail, 1958– II. Boxwell, Gail. III. Title. BP163 .S354 2003 297'.09'04––dc21 2002152367
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Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services, Fortescue, Sidmouth, England Typeset from disk by Stanford DTP Services, Towcester Printed and bound in the European Union by Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne, England
Contents
Introduction: The Other Futurist Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Islam Rethinking Islam Reconstructing Muslim Civilisation Permanence and Change in Islam The Shari’ah as a Problem-Solving Methodology Islam and Nationalism Paper, Printing and Compact Discs: The Making and Unmaking of Islamic Culture 7. Reformist Ideas and Muslim Intellectuals: The
A Ziauddin Sardar Reader
Edited by
Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell
Pluto
LONDON • STERLING, VIRGINIA
P
Press
First published 2003 by Pluto Press 345 Archway Road, London N6 5AA and 22883 Quicksilver Drive, Sterling, VA 20166–2012, USA www.plutobooks.com Copyright © Ziauddin Sardar 2003 © Introduction and selection Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell 2003 The right of Ziauddin Sardar, Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7453 1985 8 hardback ISBN 0 7453 1984 X paperback Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Sardar, Ziauddin. Islam, postmodernism and other futures : a Ziauddin Sardar reader / edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–7453–1985–8 (HB) –– ISBN 0–7453–1984–X (PB) 1. Islam––20th century. 2. Postmodernism––Religious aspects––Islam. 3. Islamic renewal. 4. Civilization, Islamic. I. Inayatullah, Sohail, 1958– II. Boxwell, Gail. III. Title. BP163 .S354 2003 297'.09'04––dc21 2002152367
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Designed and produced for Pluto Press by Chase Publishing Services, Fortescue, Sidmouth, England Typeset from disk by Stanford DTP Services, Towcester Printed and bound in the European Union by Antony Rowe, Chippenham and Eastbourne, England
Contents
Introduction: The Other Futurist Sohail Inayatullah and Gail Boxwell I 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Islam Rethinking Islam Reconstructing Muslim Civilisation Permanence and Change in Islam The Shari’ah as a Problem-Solving Methodology Islam and Nationalism Paper, Printing and Compact Discs: The Making and Unmaking of Islamic Culture 7. Reformist Ideas and Muslim Intellectuals: The