Mura, Andrea
(2012).
URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/135693... |
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13569317.2012.644986 |
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Abstract
This article inquires into the ideological vision of Hasan al-Banna (1906-1949), one of the most influential figures of Islamist thought. By assuming a discourse theory perspective, I argue that al-Banna's Islamist discourse was genealogically caught between a traditional pan-Islamic vocation and modern ways of articulating political discourse, such as nationalism and Arab nationalism. Following the traumatic encounter between tradition and modernity that colonialism enacted, al-Banna increasingly integrated and valourized modern national `signifiers', downplaying early universalistic ethos. This denoted a growing reliance on the language of modernity over the language of tradition, though such reliance was instrumental to al-Banna's anti-imperialist political project, entailing the very preservation of tradition as a moderator principle in the appropriation of modernity.
Item Type: | Journal Item |
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Copyright Holders: | 2012 Taylor & Francis |
ISSN: | 1469-9613 |
Keywords: | Islam |
Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Development, Geography Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
Item ID: | 35312 |
Depositing User: | Andrea Mura |
Date Deposited: | 13 Nov 2012 16:33 |
Last Modified: | 19 Dec 2017 09:53 |
URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/35312 |
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