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In Cairo in the 1940s, Leila Ahmed was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. To them, these coverings seemed irrelevant to both modern life and Islamic piety. Today, however, the majority of Muslim women throughout the Islamic world again wear the veil. Why, Ahmed asks, did this change take root so swiftly, and what does this shift mean for women, Islam, and the West?
When she began her study, Ahmed assumed that the veil's return indicated a backward step for Muslim women worldwide. What she discovered, however, in the stories of British colonial officials, young Muslim feminists, Arab nationalists, pious Islamic daughters, American Muslim immigrants, violent jihadists, and peaceful Islamic activists, confounded her expectations. Ahmed observed that Islamism, with its commitments to activism in the service of the poor and in pursuit of social justice, is the strain of Islam most easily and naturally merging with western democracies' own tradition of activism in the cause of justice and social change. It is often Islamists, even more than secular Muslims, who are at the forefront of such contemporary activist struggles as civil rights and women's rights. Ahmed's surprising conclusions represent a near reversal of her thinking on this topic.
Richly insightful, intricately drawn, and passionately argued, this absorbing story of the veil's resurgence, from Egypt through Saudi Arabia and into the West, suggests a dramatically new portrait of contemporary Islam. (20110202)
著者について
Leila Ahmed is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. She is the author of Women and Gender in Islam and A Border Passage: From Cairo to America—A Woman's Journey. She lives in Cambridge, MA.
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14 人中、14人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Wider scope than title would suggest
2011/7/15
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I picked this up by chance at my local bookstore. While the title's subject was intriguing, the scope of the book is actually (and pleasantly) much broader. The book covers basic Egyptian history starting around the British occupation to the present, the various political and religious movements on the scene (particularly the Muslim Brotherhood), and the influence of Saudi Arabia and the West. These factors serve as context for the unveiling and veiling trends. The book also addresses women in Islam more generally, Muslim associations in America, and American Muslims that are advancing gender equality. The writing style is excellent, making the book an engrossing and easy read. While I would recommend the book as a well-argued thesis for the veil's resurgence, as Ahmed admits, individual women's reasons for wearing the veil vary. So if you are wondering why Muslim women you know are wearing the veil, I would suggest asking them!
6 人中、6人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Excellent on Islamism as well as women in Islam
2011/7/19
形式:ハードカバー
This valuable book is far broader than its title suggests. I recommend it highly for anyone who is interested in women in Islam or Islamism, and is willing to read a well-written scholarly book.
Ahmed grew up in Egypt and now teaches at the Harvard Divinity School, and she started with the question of why more women are wearing hijab now than a generation ago, in the United States and around the world. Answering this question led her not only to exploring the multiple reasons individual women offer for wearing and not wearing different forms of veils, but also to writing an extremely helpful history of Islamism in Egypt, where the Islamic Brotherhood was founded in the 1920s, and the United States, where Islamism-influenced women are now at the forefront of challenging gender hierarchies and misogyny. Islamism, according to Ahmed, defines the quest for social justice as near the core of Islam and Muslim practice. Traditional forms of Islam, in contrast, tend to have a more personal, spiritual, and ethical focus. Because Islamism urges its members towards organization and activism, and because of financial support from Saudi Arabia, Islamism has grown rapidly and is increasingly able to define itself as "true" Islam. Islamism has changed the symbolic meaning of hijab, and for many Islamist women, wearing hijab now signifies their commitment to social justice. In the 1970s the leadership of the Islamic Brotherhood repudiated violence as a means for achieving their goals, but not all Islamists agreed with them and some broke away to create militant groups, which are a small minority but more likely to make the news than the peaceful Islamist mainstream. Most American Muslim institutions have Islamist roots, but most American Muslims are not Islamist. 9/11 has had a huge effect on American Muslim organizations, making them more open to diverse opinions and challenges to hierarchical leadership. In the US, the Islamic call to justice has extended to gender justice among many, but probably not a majority, of American Islamists.
Such a brief summary does not do justice to the depth and texture of Ahmed's work, but suggests the breadth and importance of her story.
Ahmed grew up in Egypt and now teaches at the Harvard Divinity School, and she started with the question of why more women are wearing hijab now than a generation ago, in the United States and around the world. Answering this question led her not only to exploring the multiple reasons individual women offer for wearing and not wearing different forms of veils, but also to writing an extremely helpful history of Islamism in Egypt, where the Islamic Brotherhood was founded in the 1920s, and the United States, where Islamism-influenced women are now at the forefront of challenging gender hierarchies and misogyny. Islamism, according to Ahmed, defines the quest for social justice as near the core of Islam and Muslim practice. Traditional forms of Islam, in contrast, tend to have a more personal, spiritual, and ethical focus. Because Islamism urges its members towards organization and activism, and because of financial support from Saudi Arabia, Islamism has grown rapidly and is increasingly able to define itself as "true" Islam. Islamism has changed the symbolic meaning of hijab, and for many Islamist women, wearing hijab now signifies their commitment to social justice. In the 1970s the leadership of the Islamic Brotherhood repudiated violence as a means for achieving their goals, but not all Islamists agreed with them and some broke away to create militant groups, which are a small minority but more likely to make the news than the peaceful Islamist mainstream. Most American Muslim institutions have Islamist roots, but most American Muslims are not Islamist. 9/11 has had a huge effect on American Muslim organizations, making them more open to diverse opinions and challenges to hierarchical leadership. In the US, the Islamic call to justice has extended to gender justice among many, but probably not a majority, of American Islamists.
Such a brief summary does not do justice to the depth and texture of Ahmed's work, but suggests the breadth and importance of her story.
2 人中、2人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Wonderfully written, well argued and researched
2011/12/14
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Anyone who would like to watch Leila Ahmed talk about her book followed by other renown scholars on Islam and feminism please see here: [...]
I bought this book and read within two days. Afterwards, I lend it to other friends all of whom are scholars of religion or are otherwise linked to the topics connected to religion and culture. Everyone liked it and thought that Ahmed presents an intriguing argument.
Anyone can pick up the book and read it. Not just academics. Though the author does not shy away from the depth of academic thought.
I bought this book and read within two days. Afterwards, I lend it to other friends all of whom are scholars of religion or are otherwise linked to the topics connected to religion and culture. Everyone liked it and thought that Ahmed presents an intriguing argument.
Anyone can pick up the book and read it. Not just academics. Though the author does not shy away from the depth of academic thought.
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