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Mimetic Theory and Islam: "The Wound Where Light Enters"

By Michael Kirwan , Ahmad Achtar

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing; Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2019
ISBN
978-3-030-05694-0;978-3-030-05695-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2192543 bytes)
Edition
1st ed.
Pages
X, 178\176
Time added
2019-09-18 12:17:12
Religious Studies; Islamic Theology; Philosophy of

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This volume explores the 'Mimetic Theory' of the cultural theorist René Girard and its applicability to Islamic thought and tradition. Authors critically examine Girard's assertion about the connection between group formation, religion, and 'scapegoating' violence. These insights, Girard maintained, have their source in biblical revelation. Are there parallels in other faith traditions, especially Islam? To this end, Muslim scholars and scholars of Mimetic Theory have examined the hypothesis of an 'Abrahamic Revolution.' This is the claim that Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each share in a spiritual and ethical historical 'breakthrough:' a move away from scapegoating violence, and towards a sense of justice for the innocent victim. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 The Wound Where Light Enters: Mimetic Theory and Islam (Michael Kirwan, Ahmad Achtar)....Pages 3-27 Front Matter ....Pages 29-29 Islamic Anthropology, Based on Key Passages in the Qur’an (Zekirija Sejdini)....Pages 31-38 Adam and Eve in the Qur’an: A Mimetic Perspective (Ahmad Achtar)....Pages 39-46 The Becoming of a Model: Conflictive Relations and the Shaping of the Quranic Ibrāhīm (Michaela Quast-Neulinger)....Pages 47-63 Fathers and Sons, Sacrifice and Substitution: Mimetic Theory and Islam in Genesis 22 and Sura 37 (Sandor Goodhart)....Pages 65-85 From Structure to Interpretation of the Joseph Sura (Michel Cuypers)....Pages 87-99 Front Matter ....Pages 101-101 Spiritual Love and Sacred Suffering: Mimetic Theory from Shī‘ah Perspective (Habibollah Babaei)....Pages 103-115 The Philosophy of Dialogic Engagement: Two Muslim Dialogue Thinkers vis-à-vis Mimetic Theory (Sener Oemer)....Pages 117-126 Front Matter ....Pages 127-127 Islam and Islamism in the Mirror of Girard’s Mimetic Theory (Thomas Scheffler)....Pages 129-140 Prison Violence in France and Mimetic Theory (Yaniss Warrach)....Pages 141-148 Muslim Brotherhood, Social Justice and Resentment (Wilhelm Guggenberger)....Pages 149-161 Vox victima, vox moderna?: Modernity and Its Discontents (Michael Kirwan)....Pages 163-173 Back Matter ....Pages 175-178

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