01601nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000150005804000070007304100080008008200210008810000150010924500700012426000400019430000280023436500300026252009990029265000230129165000260131465000230134070000200136320211206153520.0211206b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a0761995617  cAL  aEng  223a297.26bANSS  aAnsari M T  aSecularism Islam and modernitybSelected essays of Alam Khundmiri  aNew Delhi bSage Publicationsc2001  a308 p.bPBc21.5x14 cm.  a₹250.00b₹c₹250.00  aSyed Alam Khundmiri (1922-83) was an important intellectual figure of his times, a true humanist with rare philosophical insights ranging over a wide field. The volume brings together Khundmiri's seminal essays which set out his dominant concerns: Marxism, with its indifference to questions of minorities in nationalism; existentialism, which he saw as being closed off to the problems of community; and Islam, which he examined in relation to history and notions of time and change. Overall, this absorbing collection of essays encapsulates Khundmiri's dual project of situating Islam in the modern context and scrutinizing the modern in the light of Islam. Particularly relevant in the present context of the increasing sacralization of politics, it will be read with great interest by students and scholars of philosophy, history, sociology, Islamic studies, Marxism, comparative religion, cultural studies, and political and social theory, as well as by the aware and concerned lay reader.  aIslam and politics  a Islam and secularism  aIslamic philosophy  aANSARI (M T) Ed