Why Study Islamic Thought in the Twentieth Century? (Introduction)

Dr Suha Taji-Farouki
Dr Basheer Nafi

Introduction

The question that perhaps poses itself at the outset in relation to this volume is why such a study of Islamic thought in the twentieth century should be undertaken. There is, of course, no simple answer to this question. Yet, even in the Western context, the twentieth century seems to mark a turning point in human history. Relating the condition of modernity to the movement of modernisation during the twentieth century, Marshall Berman writes:

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