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Late Ottoman origins of modern Islamic thought : Turkish and Egyptian thinkers on the disruption of Islamic knowledge / Andrew Hammond.

By: Hammond, Andrew, 1970- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilizationPublisher: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2022Description: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781009199506; 9781009199537Subject(s): Mehmet Âkif, 1873-1936 | Ṣabrī, Muṣṭafá, 1869-1954 | Kawtharī, Muḥammad Zāhid ibn al-Ḥasan | Islam -- Turkey -- 19th century | Islam -- Egypt -- 19th century | Muslim scholars -- 19th century -- Bio-bibliography | Muslim scholars -- 20th century -- Bio-bibliographyAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Late Ottoman origins of modern Islamic thoughtDDC classification: 297.09561/09034 LOC classification: BP161 | .H26 2022
Contents:
1. The Late Ottoman intellectual tradition: A historiographical review -- 2. Ottoman exiles: From Constantinople to Cairo -- 3. Ottoman scholars and their reception of Muḥammad ʻAbduh -- 4. The Salafi revolution: Kevseri's defence of Sunni traditionalism -- 5. Nation state, Islamic state: The Egypt exiles and new political imaginaries -- 6. The Late Ottomans' impact on modern Islamic thought -- Appendices: 1. Sabri's letter to the Vatican, 1925 -- 2. Chronological list of Kevseri's articles -- 3. Ottoman letter written by Kevseri, 1952 -- 4. Ottoman letter written by Akif, 1932 -- Bibliography.
Summary: "In this major contribution to Muslim intellectual history, Andrew Hammond offers a vital reappraisal of the role of Late Ottoman Turkish scholars in shaping modern Islamic thought. Focusing on a poet, a sheikh and his deputy, Hammond re-evaluates the lives and legacies of three key figures who chose exile in Egypt as radical secular forces seized power in republican Turkey: Mehmed Akif, Mustafa Sabri and Zahid Kevseri. Examining a period when these scholars faced the dual challenge of non-conformist trends in Islam and Western science and philosophy, Hammond argues that these men, alongside Said Nursi who remained in Turkey, were the last bearers of the Ottoman Islamic tradition. Utilising both Arabic and Turkish sources, he transcends disciplinary conventions that divide histories along ethnic, linguistic and national lines, highlighting continuities across geographies and eras. Through this lens, Hammond is able to observe the longneglected but lasting impact that these Late Ottoman thinkers had upon Turkish and Arab Islamist ideology"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The Late Ottoman intellectual tradition: A historiographical review -- 2. Ottoman exiles: From Constantinople to Cairo -- 3. Ottoman scholars and their reception of Muḥammad ʻAbduh -- 4. The Salafi revolution: Kevseri's defence of Sunni traditionalism -- 5. Nation state, Islamic state: The Egypt exiles and new political imaginaries -- 6. The Late Ottomans' impact on modern Islamic thought -- Appendices: 1. Sabri's letter to the Vatican, 1925 -- 2. Chronological list of Kevseri's articles -- 3. Ottoman letter written by Kevseri, 1952 -- 4. Ottoman letter written by Akif, 1932 -- Bibliography.

"In this major contribution to Muslim intellectual history, Andrew Hammond offers a vital reappraisal of the role of Late Ottoman Turkish scholars in shaping modern Islamic thought. Focusing on a poet, a sheikh and his deputy, Hammond re-evaluates the lives and legacies of three key figures who chose exile in Egypt as radical secular forces seized power in republican Turkey: Mehmed Akif, Mustafa Sabri and Zahid Kevseri. Examining a period when these scholars faced the dual challenge of non-conformist trends in Islam and Western science and philosophy, Hammond argues that these men, alongside Said Nursi who remained in Turkey, were the last bearers of the Ottoman Islamic tradition. Utilising both Arabic and Turkish sources, he transcends disciplinary conventions that divide histories along ethnic, linguistic and national lines, highlighting continuities across geographies and eras. Through this lens, Hammond is able to observe the longneglected but lasting impact that these Late Ottoman thinkers had upon Turkish and Arab Islamist ideology"-- Provided by publisher.