Islam and the Plight of Modern Man - Softcover

Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1930637136 ISBN 13: 9781930637139

Publisher: Kazi Publications, Inc., 2001

Synopsis

This is one of the most important writings of the author on the subject of the encounter and interrelation between Islam and modernism. Addressed at once to Muslims and Westerners, the author deals in depth with the intellectual and spiritual crisis of modern man as well as the dilemmas of the contemporary Muslim faced with the daunting challenge of the modern world. He charters a path for mutual understanding between Muslims and traditional elements of Western society as well as providing, on the basis of Islamic sapiental doctrines, criteria for judging various facets of modernism. The situation of Islam in the contemporary Muslim world is treated critically and in the postscript the author meditates upon the future of Islam and the Islamic world in light of the unprecedented challenges which the modern world poses for Muslims.

About this title

About the Author:

One of the leading experts on Islam, Seyyed Hossein Nasr is University Professor of Islamic Studies at The George Washington University. He is author of numerous books including Man and Nature. A Young Muslim's Guide to the Modern World, Muhammad: Man of God, Sufi Essays, Islamic Life and Thought and many more. The most recent volume in the Library of Living Philosophers has been dedicated to his thought and is called, The Philosophy of Seyyed Hossein Nasr.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kazi Publications, Inc.
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1930637136
• ISBN 13: 9781930637139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 313