PUBLIC LECTURE
SETA
Embassy of Canada
Rethinking Secularism across the Islam-West Divide
By Nader Hashemi
Josef Korbel School of International Studies , University of Denver
Date / Time: June 8, 2009 Monday / 16.00 - 18.00
Venue: SETA Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research, ANKARA
The Embassy of Canada and SETA are pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Canadian academic, Professor Nader Hashemi, entitled "Rethinking Secularism across the Islam-West Divide.� The event will be held at the SETA Foundation on Monday, June 8, 2009.
It is now a standard cliché that Islam does not recognize the concept of secularity. Normatively, we are told, that among the world’s religious traditions Islam is uniquely anti-modern in that it contains within its religious and civilizational ethos an attitude that rejects the separation of religion and politics. The most influential and widely cited proponent of this thesis in the social sciences has been Bernard Lewis. Lewis’ thesis is based on a comparative treatment of Islam and Christianity and is rooted in the claim that Islam’s problem with secularism is due “to certain profound differences in belief and experience in the two religious cultures.� Mr. Nader Hashemi will try to provide an alternative reading to the Lewis thesis on the question of Islam and secularism.
Nader Hashemi
Hashemi is currently Assistant Professor of Middle East and Islamic Politics in Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver . He is the author of the book entitled Islam, Secularism and Liberal Democracy: Toward a Democratic Theory for Muslim Societies (New York : Oxford University Press, 2009).
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