Ta'arruf As a Philosophy of Muslim Education : Extending Abu Bakr Effendi's Pragmatism.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication -- Extract of Effendi Family Tree -- Glossary of Arabic Terms -- Transliteration Table -- Part I -- Preface -- Introduction -- Understanding Abu Bakr Effffendi's educational philosophy -- References -- 1. Bayān as justification, integration and provocation -- Introduction -- A reputable Muslim scholar -- Cultivating a critical educational paradigm -- A critical educational philosophy of justifification, integration and provocation -- A critical educational philosophy in the context 19th century Cape Muslim society -- Summary -- References -- 2. Community of thinking, discernment and risk -- Introduction -- On a community of thinking -- On discernment (fahm) -- In the pursuit of taking risks -- Summary -- References -- 3. On pragmatism, reflectiveness, and political consciousness -- Introduction -- On reflflective thought: A Hanfifi-Shāfifi'i dispute? -- A communicative concern for practical matters -- On being educated by the Cape Muslim community and political consciousness -- Summary -- References -- 4. On gender, education and social liberation -- Introduction -- On gender and education -- On social liberation -- Summary -- References -- 5. On educational philosophy and modernity -- Introduction -- A modernist educational discourse -- An inquiry in and about critical educational theory -- Looking beyond the educational philosophy of Abu Bakr Effffendi -- Summary -- References -- Part II -- Preface -- 1. In defence of Ta'arruf (associational knowing): Extending ta'dīb (good education) -- Introduction -- A Qurānic analysis of ta'arruf (associational knowing) -- Summary -- References -- 2. On dhikr (remembrance), tafakkur (contemplation) and ta'arruf (associational knowing) -- Introduction -- The quest for dhikr (remembrance) -- In pursuit of tadabbur (contemplation) -- References.

3. In defence of ijtihād (intellectual exertion) -- Introduction -- On the necessity for ijtihād (intellectual exertion) -- Enhancing ta'arruf (associational knowing) through ijtihād (intellectual exertion) -- Summary -- References -- 4. Justice ('adl) and a philosophy of Muslim education -- Introduction -- On the interrelationship between ta'arruf (associational knowing) and 'adl (justice) -- Towards truth (haqq), trust (amānah) and equitable reconciliation (equitable reconciliation (iṣlāḥ) in Muslim education -- Summary -- References -- 5. Ta'arruf as teaching and learning -- Introduction -- On learning as an evocative act of justice -- Remembrance (dhikr) as a form of learning -- On teaching as a provocative act of Justice -- Summary -- References -- 6. Caring and compassionate action in the pursuit of ta'arruf -- Introduction -- On caring (ri'āyah) -- On compassion -- Summary -- References -- 7. Ta'arruf and community (ummah) -- Introduction -- Cultivating Ummah (community) as virtuous action -- Ummah as a subjective, justififiable community -- A community in service of humanity -- Summary -- References -- 8. Ta'arruf and the quest for justice among humanity -- Introduction -- On counteracting autocracy through ta'arruf -- On counteracting patriarchy through ta'arruf -- On counteracting the violence of dehumanisation through ta'arruf -- Ta'arruf as a way to advance environmental ethics, equality, and anti-corruption -- Summary -- References -- 9. Ta'arruf and anon-dichotomous understanding of knowledge -- Introduction -- On the sources of knowledge -- On the non-bifurcation of knowledge and constructive, reconstructive, and deconstructive inquiry -- On philosophical thinking about knowledge -- On the polemic of the Islamisation of knowledge -- Summary -- References -- 10. Towards a university of associational knowing (jāmi'atu al‑ta'arruf).

Introduction -- In defence of a university of associational knowing -- Summary -- References -- Index.

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