Open AccessCritical View on Islamic Neo-Modernism
Author(s) -
С. Ю. Бородай
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
islam v sovremennom mire
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-7221
pISSN - 2074-1529
DOI - 10.22311/2074-1529-2021-17-1-101-124
Subject(s) - islam , ideology , construct (python library) , modernity , institutionalisation , modernism (music) , epistemology , relation (database) , sociology , islamic studies , social science , political science , law , philosophy , aesthetics , theology , computer science , politics , database , programming language
The article deals with Islamic Neomodernism («Progressive Islam», «Liberal Islam»), a modern current of Islamic thought that combines the ideas of classical tradition and modern Islamic studies. The article notes that Neomodernism is gradually transforming from a living thought into an ideological construct with its dogmas and non-refl exive propositions. Its weak aspects include: 1) insuffi cient attention to the peculiarities of the situation of modernity; 2) lack of comprehension of the relation between the ethical and the legal; 3) lack of a theory of the ethical; 4) insuffi cient attention to the procedure of thematization of values; 5) lack of an institutionalization strategy. The purpose of this article is to provide a productive critique of neomodernism and to pave the way for its further development.