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Late Ottoman Origins of Modern Islamic Thought provides a comprehensive analysis of how Turkish and Egyptian intellectuals grappled with the collapse of traditional Islamic knowledge structures in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Andrew Hammond traces the philosophical and theological responses of key thinkers who sought to reconcile Islamic learning with modernity and Western intellectual challenges.
The book examines the critical period when the Ottoman Empire’s decline forced Muslim scholars to reconsider foundational questions about the nature of Islamic knowledge, authority, and epistemology. Through detailed analysis of Ottoman and Egyptian reformers, Hammond demonstrates how their efforts to preserve and modernize Islamic thought shaped contemporary Islamic intellectual movements. This work is essential for understanding how modern Islamic theology and philosophy emerged from the specific historical circumstances of the late Ottoman period.
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