"Britain's Own Muslim Polymath:" On the Politics of Representing Ziauddin Sardar. Issue 2 (19th May 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- "Britain's Own Muslim Polymath:" On the Politics of Representing Ziauddin Sardar. Issue 2 (19th May 2022)
- Main Title:
- "Britain's Own Muslim Polymath:" On the Politics of Representing Ziauddin Sardar
- Authors:
- Lal, Vinay
- Abstract:
- Abstract: This essay seeks to unravel the cultural politics that underpin the approbation of Ziauddin Sardar, one accepted by the author himself, as "Britain's own Muslim polymath." It explores how Sardar models himself after the Muslim polymaths of Islam's "Golden Age, " dwelling on the importance of knowledge and travel in the worldview of Muslim intellectuals. But it also points to the implied anomalousness of the idea of a Muslim polymath, the difficulties that inhere in the idea of multiculturalism, and the necessary ambivalence with which a Muslim intellectual such as Sardar must negotiate the shortcomings of contemporary Islam and multiculturalism alike.
- Is Part Of:
- World futures. Volume 78:Issue 2/4(2022)
- Journal:
- World futures
- Issue:
- Volume 78:Issue 2/4(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 78, Issue 2/4 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 78
- Issue:
- 2/4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0078-NaN-0000
- Page Start:
- 180
- Page End:
- 190
- Publication Date:
- 2022-05-19
- Subjects:
- ibn Battuta -- Islam -- knowledge -- modernity -- multiculturalism -- Muslim polymath -- travel -- Ziauddin Sardar
Philosophy -- Periodicals
Forecasting -- Periodicals
303 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gwof20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/02604027.2021.2002081 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0260-4027
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- Legaldeposit
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