01691nam a22002417a 4500 20211206153520.0 211206b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0761995617 AL Eng 23 297.26 ANSS Ansari M T 11278 Secularism Islam and modernity Selected essays of Alam Khundmiri New Delhi Sage Publications 2001 308 p. PB 21.5x14 cm. ₹250.00 ₹ ₹250.00 Syed 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. Islam and politics 11279 Islam and secularism 11280 Islamic philosophy 11281 ANSARI (M T) Ed 11282 ddc GF 220886 220886 0 0 ddc 0 0 OTH AL AL 2013-03-24 0 297.26 ANSS GF01061 2021-12-06 00:00:00 2021-12-06 GF