Doubt, Faith, and Knowledge: The Reconfiguration of the Intellectual Field in Post-Nasserist Cairo: The Reconfiguration of the Intellectual Field in Post-Nasserist Cairo

Hatsuki Aishima, Armando Salvatore

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIslam, Politics, Anthropology|Islam, Polit., Anthropol.
Place of PublicationLondon
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd
Pages39-53
Number of pages14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Aug 2010

Keywords

  • 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud, 'ulama' in rank - outraged by Nasser's policies, eroding autonomy of al-Azhar
  • 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud, presenting Sufism - scientific method reaching metaphysical truth
  • 'Abd al-Halim's success in expanding market for Sufism - to non-Sufi audiences
  • Doubt, faith and knowledge - reconfiguration of intellectual field in post-Nasserist Cairo
  • Faith and its place in post-Nasserist - Nasser's successor, Anwar al-Sadat, in the image of a 'faithful president'
  • Islamic resurgence in Muslim world - overestimating media-mediated mechanisms of 'public Islam'
  • Mahmud, a media authority - and fame of a mufakkir islami
  • Mufakkir's activity, realm of 'personal opinion' - and work of 'alim relating to domain of truth'
  • Pattern of 'state Islam' facing 'radical Islam' - socio-political and journalistic analyses and socio-anthropological interest
  • Status of mufakkir, 'intellectual' - social commitment and originality in knowledge production

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