Mawdudi and the Making of Islamic Revivalism 1st Edition

by Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr (Author)

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Nasr examines the life and thought of Mawlana Mawdudi, one of the first and most important Islamic ideological thinkers. Mawdudi was the first to develop a modern political Islamic ideology, and a plan for social action to realize his vision. The prolific writings and indefatigable efforts of Mawdudi's party, the Jamaat-i-Islami, first in India and later in Pakistan, have disseminated his ideas far and wide. His views have informed revivalism from Morocco to Malaysia.

Nasr discerns the events that led Mawdudi to a revivalist perspective, and probes the structure of his thought, in order to gain fresh insights into the origins of Islamic revivalism. He argues that Islamic revivalism did not simply develop as a cultural rejection of the West, rather it was closely tied to questions of communal politics and its impact on identity formation, discourse of power in plural societies, and nationalism. Mawdudi's discourse, though aimed at the West, was motivated by Muslim-Hindu competition for power in British India. His aim, according to Nasr, was to put forth a view of Islam whose invigorated, pristine, and uncompromising outlook would galvanize Muslims into an ideologically uniform and hence politically indivisible community. In time, this view developed a life of its own and evolved into an all-encompassing perspective on society and politics, and has been a notable force in South Asia and Muslim life and thought across the Muslim world.

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"Beyond its contribution to a fuller and more nuanced interpretation of Mawdudi, Nasr's readable and carefully researched work raises important questions regarding the conventional Western interpretation of revivalist Islam....Highly recommended to all academic libraries and to public libraries concerned with the contemporary interaction of religion and politics."--Choice

"Thanks to impeccable scholarship of Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr and his splendid research, we now have a full-fledged account of Mawlana Mawdudi's lifetime undertaking of a reading of Islam compatible with the political and cultural imperatives of a colonized society. Nasr has produced a crucial text that considerably expands our understanding of the political circumstatnces under which contemporary versions of Islam are produced."--American Journal of Sociology

"This volume is likely to become the classic source for information and analysis with reference to the life of Mawlana Mawdudi. Nasr provides much material which is not available alsewhere in English about the family background of Mawdudi."--The Review of Politics

"Nasr, through his persuasive knowledge of Islamic eschatology, mysticism, and his competence in Urdu, and his extensive field work, presents a comprehensive and equally objective study of an otherwise misunderstood Muslim thinker."--The Journal of Asian Studies

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Nasr examines the life and thought of Mawlana Mawdudi (1903-1979), one of the first and most important Islamic ideological thinkers. Mawdudi was the first to develop a modern political Islamic ideology, and a plan for social action to realize his vision. The prolific writings and indefatigable efforts of Mawdudi's party, the Jamaat-i-Islami, first in India and later in Pakistan, have disseminated his ideas far and wide. His views have informed revivalism from Morocco to Malaysia.

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Hardcover: 232 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (January 4, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780195096958
ISBN-13: 978-0195096958
ASIN: 0195096959
Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.8 x 9.4 inches
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Dr. Sami Baroudi

It is extremely useful for researchers on Arab Islamists

November 14, 2016

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A very insightful study of a leading Islamist thinker and activist. The treatment is well balanced and critical at points. It is extremely useful for researchers on Arab Islamists, as most of them (and not just the radical ones) were influenced by Mawdudi,
It is a very good read for those who work on political Islam.

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Uses way too much passive tense--who did what to whom?

November 13, 2012

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Poor written. Flat. Uninteresting. Passive tense used throughout, leaving me wondering who's doing the acting. Author says things like "This action happened,' which left me asking "Who was it who did the acting?"

This book did nothing to help me understand Mawdudi. I regret the purchase of this book (I wasted a lot of money). The book is too expensive considering how little it brings forward Mawdidi life. I'll have to look elsewhere to get to know Mawdudi. This book did not make it for me. Thumbs down. Save your money.

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Daniel Pipes, Middle East Forum, Philadelphia

Mawdudi and the Making of Islamic Revivalism.

July 26, 2001

Format: Hardcover

Nasr makes large claims for his biographee, Sayyid Abu�l-A�la� Mawdudi (1903-79), founder of the fundamentalist Jama�at-i Islami (JI) organization, deeming him �without doubt the most influential of contemporary Islamic revivalist thinkers.� And he says the JI�about which he wrote an earlier companion volume, The Vanguard of the Islamic Revolution -- �influenced Islamic revivalism from Morocco to Malaysia and controlled the expression of revivalist thinking in Southwest Asia and South Asia since 1941.� Large claims, to be sure, but Nasr easily shows just how consequential the man and his movement have been.
Nasr has written a most sophisticated analysis; perhaps its key has to do with Mawdudi�s complex mix of the Islamic and the Western. Typical was his notion of an Islamic state, which drew in large part on Western notions: �His debate with Western political thought was antagonistic, but it also assimilated Western ideas into his interpretation of Islam and the Islamic state.� More broadly, he sought to transform Islam by making it more operational: �Mawdudi called Muslims back to Islam but to an Islam that was rationalized and streamlined so that its social expression would be able to support a viable political order.�
Though himself frustrated in the pursuit of power, Mawdudi�s ideas provided much of the means by which Khomeini did ride to power, and that many other fundamentalists are still using in their challenge to the state.
Middle East Quarterly, June 1996

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Bruce

An introduction to Mawdudi and his political though.

July 27, 2010

Format: Hardcover

This is a reasonably consise introduction to Mawdudi and his relationship with and thought on political Islam. It begins with a brief biography, and the structure is biographical, but focuses mainly on the interaction between Mawdudi, the historical events which were occurring during his lifetime, and their effect and relationship with the growth and development of his theories of political Islam. It is not an in depth study of Mawdudi himself (eg. a pure biography), nor does it devote much time to his work in other areas such as Islamic history, general Islamic Jurisprudence, etc. I found the text clearly written, but fairly dense. To understand the book clearly requires some preceeding knowlege of Islam and the history of India and the partition. (It would not be the first book to read on Islam or political Islam.) It is well referenced for further reading, but many of the sources Nasr draws on are not readily availible in the US (at least the ones I tried to find). Overall, a fine introduction to Mawdudi and the growth of his political theories.

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Nabeel Aejaz

Well researched but not well argued or accurately presented.

April 16, 2008

Format: Hardcover

Seyyed Vali Reza Nasr makes an effort to present the life and idealogy of Sayyid Mawdudi but dissapoints by presenting a very unbalanced and bias views on him. He has misinterpreted and misrepresented a number of arguments on Sayyid Mawdudi. He has failed to acknowledge Sayyid Mawdudi's recognition, admiration and acceptance that he had received from the Muslim countries and communities at the time. A simple example would be that the awards, invitations and visits that Mawdudi received and made are not mentioned at all in this book. The book presents a some-what distorted and confused image of Sayyid Mawdudi, which any common reader will fail to rationalize,. Sayyid Mawdudi's contributions and effect in the muslim world are actually absent from the book.

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