Secular and Islamic Feminist Critiques in the Work of Fatima Mernissi

This book offers a thorough and critical analysis of the work of one of the major figures in “Islamic feminism,” Fatima Mernissi. This work traces Mernissi’s intellectual trajectory from “secular” to “Islamic feminism” in order to engage in the theorization of this emerging feminism. This book presents a detailed critical analysis of the work of Fatima Mernissi. Mernissi is considered to be one of the major figures in Feminist thought for both Morocco and Muslim society in general. This work discusses Mernissi’s intellectual trajectory from ‘secular’ to ‘Islamic’ feminism in order to trace the evolution of so-called Islamic feminist theory. The book also engages critically with the work of other Muslim feminists, using frameworks and approaches developed in the works of Muslim reformist thinkers, namely Mohammad Arkoun and Nasr Abu Zaid, with the aim of engaging the theorization of this emerging feminism.