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Fictionalising the utopian impulse as post-secular Islam : an East-West odyssey
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Bahrawi, Nazry (2011) Fictionalising the utopian impulse as post-secular Islam : an East-West odyssey. Literature and theology, Vol.25 (No.3). pp. 329-346. doi:10.1093/litthe/frr016 ISSN 0269-1205.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/litthe/frr016
Abstract
This essay offers a counterview to the postulation that humanity's utopian propensity is a secular undertaking bereft of divine inspiration. This dominant interpretation in utopian theory renders utopianism in the religious non-Western world inconceivable. Invoking Islam's post-secular leanings, I argue that the utopian desire is replete with theological underpinnings. Engaging first with pro-religious discourses on the utopian impulse by Ernst Bloch and Nurcholish Madjid, I will then theorise a literary mode of reading framed by Fredric Jameson's 'utopology' and Bloch's 'concrete utopia'. I will demonstrate in faith-based fiction an interpretation of Islam that is 'this-worldly' and 'rational'-qualities that uphold utopianism as a secular, European phenomenon. Finally, I posit that Islam's post-secular condition must also be seen as a postcolonial one.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Literature and theology | ||||
Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||
ISSN: | 0269-1205 | ||||
Official Date: | 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.25 | ||||
Number: | No.3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 329-346 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1093/litthe/frr016 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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