The Oriental and the Orientalist: Al Afghani and the Construction of Pan-Islamism
[Thesis]
Ali Ahmad Olomi
Daryaee, Touraj
University of California, Irvine
2014
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Committee members: Levine, Mark; Philip, Kavita
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-36772-0
M.A.
History
University of California, Irvine
2014
Scholarship on Jamal ad-Din Al Afghani focuses on the apparent contradiction in his writings between those addressed to a European audience and those addressed to an Islamic audience. This paper resolves that contradiction by placing Al Afghani within the discourse of orientalism and pan-Islamism. My conclusions illuminate the gendered and constructed nature of Al Afghani's pan-Islamic state and how he imagined his state within the contextual history of Islamic rationalism. This paper highlights the creative way in which he draws from multiple discourses, appropriates ideas, and transforms them within the context of his political ideology.
Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies
Social sciences;Al afghani;Islam;Middle east;Modernity;Nationalism;Orientalism