Open AccessCONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC THOUGHT PARADIGM IN UNDERSTANDING TURÂTH AND MODERNITY
Author(s) -
Abdul Mukti Ro’uf
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jurnal ushuluddin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2407-8247
pISSN - 1412-0909
DOI - 10.24014/jush.v26i2.4952
Subject(s) - modernity , islam , context (archaeology) , civilization , criticism , relation (database) , liberalism , sociology , islamic fundamentalism , epistemology , environmental ethics , islamic culture , aesthetics , philosophy , history , political science , politics , law , theology , archaeology , database , computer science
This article describes the current map of contemporary Islamic thought in term of understanding the relation between legacy (turâth) and modernity within the context of Arab-Islamic renaissance. Some paradigms of thoughts raised by various critical Arab thinkers converge into one general goal: reviving Arab-Islam civilization from its long hibernation. The theme of “self-criticism” (an-naqd al-dhâtiy) has become a core issue that dominates the discourse of contemporary Islamic thoughts and encompasses other paradigms such as Marxism, liberalism, fundamentalism, nasionalism and post-traditionalism. Although they have a common goal, they have distinctive methods in reading and treating the relation between legacy and modern