This page explains a conceptual relationship between two poles within Shahrur’s thought, and how this relationship works in the construction of meaning.
Within a Broader Family
This relationship is part of the field of the Muhammadan message as Shahrur reads it in society, the family, and the text. Its witness carries a particular angle, and the family brings together issues of equality, critique of masculinity, and the negation of abrogation within the message.
The Meaning of the Relationship
This relationship indicates that the Muhammadan message brought an end to a historical stage founded on the predominance of masculinity, and introduced a shift toward the principle of equality between male and female. The meaning here is not merely a temporal description, but a statement of a change in the value system and social structure that prevailed before the message.
The Two Sides of the Relationship
- First side: the Muhammadan message
- Relationship: ended
- Second side: the age of masculinity
Evidence
- Towards New Foundations for Islamic Jurisprudence via The Muhammadan Message Ended the Age of Masculinity
- Witness: - It presents a gendered historical reading that holds that the Muhammadan message ended the age of masculinity and inaugurated an age of equality between male and female.
Its Effect on the Knowledge Map
This relationship gains its importance because it links the Muhammadan message to a redefinition of the position of the two sexes within the religious and historical conception. It adds to the conceptual map the idea that the message was not a continuation of the old order, but a point of transition to a new horizon based on equality, and this affects the understanding of jurisprudence and social history together.