Critical View on Islamic Neo-Modernism
https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2021-17-1-101-124
Abstract
The article deals with Islamic Neomodernism («Progressive Islam», «Liberal Islam»), a modern current of Islamic thought that combines the ideas of classical tradition and modern Islamic studies. The article notes that Neomodernism is gradually transforming from a living thought into an ideological construct with its dogmas and non-refl exive propositions. Its weak aspects include: 1) insuffi cient attention to the peculiarities of the situation of modernity; 2) lack of comprehension of the relation between the ethical and the legal; 3) lack of a theory of the ethical; 4) insuffi cient attention to the procedure of thematization of values; 5) lack of an institutionalization strategy. The purpose of this article is to provide a productive critique of neomodernism and to pave the way for its further development.
About the Author
S. Yu. Boroday
Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Competing Interests:
Russian Federation
Sergey Yu. BORODAY, research fellow
Bld. 1, 12, Goncharnaya Str., Moscow, Russian Federation
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БОРОДАЙ Сергей Юрьевич — науч. сотр.
109240, Россия, г. Москва, ул. Гончарная, д. 12, стр. 1
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Boroday S.Yu. Critical View on Islamic Neo-Modernism. Islam in the modern world. 2021;17(1):101-124. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22311/2074-1529-2021-17-1-101-124
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