'Abdurra'uf Fitrat in Istanbul: Quest for Freedom (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783110771503)

This book explores how to locate the sources which influenced the political, social, and ideological stance of a famous Turkestani Jadid thinker, writer, journalist and scholar, 'Abdurra'uf Fitrat (1886-1938), thus also putting in perspective some overall intellectual trends in Turkestan, especially in Bukhara in the early 1910s. Based on Fitrat's early publications the book discusses what intellectual milieu it was that shaped his worldview in the early 1910s, a worldview that could be designated as a first attempt at "freedom and sovereignty through Islam". A thorough review of these publications also brings greater clarity to the issue of Fitrat's ethnical identity, which sheds light on how he related to the worldwide community of Muslims and how he positioned himself towards political unity of the Muslim World.Furthermore, by scrutinizing Fitrat's intellectual legacy of 1910-1915, this book highlights some of the origins of Jadidism in Turkestan and places Turkestani Jadidism in the context of worldwide Muslim reformism at the turn of the 20th century.

Author: Zaynabidin Abdirashidov
ISBN-10: 3110771500
ISBN-13: 9783110771503
Publisher: de Gruyter
Language: English
Published: 01/30/2023
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.18d