Reconfiguring Islamic Tradition
Samira Haj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of two Muslim reformers—Muhammad ibn ''Abdul Wahhab (1703–1787) and Muhammad ''Abduh (1849–1905)—each representative of a distinct trend, chronological as well as philosophical, in modern Islam. Their works are examined primarily through the prism of two conceptual questions: the idea of the modern and the formation of a Muslim subject. Appro...
Samira Haj conceptualizes Islam through a close reading of two Muslim reformers—Muhammad ibn ''Abdul Wahhab (1703–1787) and Muhammad ''Abduh (1849–1905)—each representative of a distinct trend, chronological as well as philosophical, in modern Islam. Their works are examined primarily through the prism of two conceptual questions: the idea of the modern and the formation of a Muslim subject. Appro...
