"Beyond its contribution to a fuller and more nuanced
interpretation of Mawdudi, Nasr's readable and carefully researched
work raises important questions regarding the conventional Western
interpretation of revivalist Islam....Highly recommended to all
academic libraries and to public libraries concerned with the
contemporary interaction of religion and politics."--Choice
"Thanks to impeccable scholarship of Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr and his
splendid research, we now have a full-fledged account of Mawlana
Mawdudi's lifetime undertaking of a reading of Islam compatible
with the political and cultural imperatives of a colonized society.
Nasr has produced a crucial text that considerably expands our
understanding of the political circumstatnces under which
contemporary versions of Islam are produced."--American Journal
of
Sociology
"This volume is likely to become the classic source for information
and analysis with reference to the life of Mawlana Mawdudi. Nasr
provides much material which is not available alsewhere in English
about the family background of Mawdudi."--The Review of
Politics
"Nasr, through his persuasive knowledge of Islamic eschatology,
mysticism, and his competence in Urdu, and his extensive field
work, presents a comprehensive and equally objective study of an
otherwise misunderstood Muslim thinker."--The Journal of Asian
Studies
"Beyond its contribution to a fuller and more nuanced
interpretation of Mawdudi, Nasr's readable and carefully researched
work raises important questions regarding the conventional Western
interpretation of revivalist Islam....Highly recommended to all
academic libraries and to public libraries concerned with the
contemporary interaction of religion and politics."--Choice
"Thanks to impeccable scholarship of Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr and his
splendid research, we now have a full-fledged account of Mawlana
Mawdudi's lifetime undertaking of a reading of Islam compatible
with the political and cultural imperatives of a colonized society.
Nasr has produced a crucial text that considerably expands our
understanding of the political circumstatnces under which
contemporary versions of Islam are produced."--American Journal
of
Sociology
"This volume is likely to become the classic source for information
and analysis with reference to the life of Mawlana Mawdudi. Nasr
provides much material which is not available alsewhere in English
about the family background of Mawdudi."--The Review of
Politics
"Nasr, through his persuasive knowledge of Islamic eschatology,
mysticism, and his competence in Urdu, and his extensive field
work, presents a comprehensive and equally objective study of an
otherwise misunderstood Muslim thinker."--The Journal of Asian
Studies
"Vali Nasr's erudite study of Mawdudi and the making of Islamic
revivalism is undoubtedly a work of great scholarship and research,
almost unparalleled in its attempt to explain the phenomemon of
Mawdudiat."--The Herald
"Because of Nasr's efforts, we now have a more rounded picture of
this all-important figure in the Islamic revival and a clearer idea
of the contexts in which his ideas emerged and changed."--American
Historical Review
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