What is Enlightenment?: An Islamic Perspective
This essay draws on Immanuel Kant's concept of enlightenment as an escape from self- imposed ignorance and argues that a similar concept of enlightenment can be understood within the Muslim context as escape from self-imposed jahiliyyah, which is understood as fear to exercise reason publicly....
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Language: | English |
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Creighton University
2014
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The journal of religion & society
Year: 2014, Volume: 16 |
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