Late Ottoman Origins of Modern Islamic Thought: Turkish and Egyptian Thinkers on the Disruption of Islamic Knowledge

by Andrew Hammond

In this major contribution to Muslim intellectual history, Andrew Hammond offers a vital reappraisal of the role of Late Ottoman Turkish scholars in shaping modern Islamic thought. Focusing on a poet, a sheikh and his deputy, Hammond re-evaluates the lives and legacies of three key figures who chose exile in Egypt as radical secular forces seized power in republican Turkey: Mehmed Akif, Mustafa Sabri and Zahid Kevseri. Examining a period when these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009199501
• ISBN13: 9781009199506
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 297 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"