عنوان

Women in the writings of muhammad 'abduh

Number

TL48721

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Women in the writings of muhammad 'abduh

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Yusra Khreegi

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (United Kingdom)

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

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0

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor;

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Near and Middle East

Body granting the degree

University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (United Kingdom)

Text preceding or following the note

2014

Text of Note

The 'Woman question' in Islam, under its various titles - 'women in Islam', 'women's rights in Islam', 'the status of women in Islam', 'gender in Islam' - is one that has been a topic of heated debate for the last century, and continues to be a field of intense debate and thriving scholarship. Likewise, pioneers of modern Islamic reform are often referred to in relation to modern discourses on gender, and the issue of gender is often touched on in discussions of these pioneers' reform projects, but often in a generic and superficial manner. While the Egyptian reformist scholar Muhammad 'Abduh is a figure often referred to in this context, this aspect of his thought has never been studied in detail. This study aims to deepen the study of these two questions - gender and reform - and the intersection between them. Various general books on 'the father of Islamic reform' exist, often devoting a few pages to 'women's reform' (or more commonly referring to the question of women's reform under the few pages devoted to 'Abduh's 'social reform'), creating a rather vague view of this critical figure's views on this topical question, often with unsubstantiated generalisations. This study aims at addressing this through a detailed study and analysis of 'Abduh's own discourse on women in order to discover its themes, distinctive characteristics, the questions it poses and the answers it attempts to give, as well as the tensions and contradictions within it. The study locates the gender question within the bigger context of the reform discourse that emerged in a specific historical context in response to the Muslim world's encounter with modernity. The study further addresses the extent of 'Abduh's influence on subsequent discourses on women and his legacy which continues to be contested and competed over. The study provides, for the first time, a detailed study of 'Abduh's writings on women and gender, based on primary sources, and addresses the overlaps between various rival trends often seen as distinct, pointing to the multiple and diverse roots of the contemporary genre of 'Muslim feminism', which indeed draws influence from the reformist views of 'Abduh, but not necessarily through a single linear and coherent route.

Subject Term

(UMI)AAI10087487;Social sciences

Hassan, Eman Fayez

Subdivision

Near and Middle East

University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies (United Kingdom)

Call Number

1784060755; 10087487

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[Thesis]

276903

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