Islam, Liberalism, and Ontology A Critical Re-evaluation (by Joseph J. Kaminski)

Scholarship on Liberalism and Islam appears to be neither scarce nor soon to be. However, Joseph J. Kaminski’s Islam, Liberalism, and Ontology: A Critical Re-evaluation diverges from this extensive literature in its substantiveness. The work attempts an ontological analysis of the issue, whereas th...

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Main Author: Sümeyye Sakarya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2023-11-01
Series:American Journal of Islam and Society
Online Access:https://8www.koersjournal.org.za/index.php/ajiss/article/view/3191
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Summary:Scholarship on Liberalism and Islam appears to be neither scarce nor soon to be. However, Joseph J. Kaminski’s Islam, Liberalism, and Ontology: A Critical Re-evaluation diverges from this extensive literature in its substantiveness. The work attempts an ontological analysis of the issue, whereas the bulk of other work is rather “stylistic” (9), as the literature review in the Introduction puts succinctly. Kaminski undertakes this research through “a rigorous critical analysis and deep investigation of the basic categories and constructs that comprise” (3) the relevant phenomena. To this end, unlike usual discussions of the matter, he employs a comparative political theory approach, which enables him to scrutinize Islam and Liberalism as two comprehensive doctrines.
ISSN:2690-3733
2690-3741