Politicizing the social sciences: Islam and culture as socio-political fact
One possible way for a Muslim social scientist to respond and contextualize Islamic discourse is to mediate and cultivate a common perception and understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim readership through an understanding of Islam as a socio-political construct. In this paper, the discussion of...
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| description | One possible way for a Muslim social scientist to respond and contextualize Islamic discourse is to mediate and cultivate a common perception and understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim readership through an understanding of Islam as a socio-political construct. In this paper, the discussion of Islam as socio-political fact is used to illustrate the impact of Western social sciences on the study of Islam. Through the appropriation of notions of transculture and the politics of identity, post-colonialism and post-modernism, the sociology of Islam is expanded as a paradigm through the understanding of strategic essentialism to deconstruct hegemonic terms of political discourse in academia |
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| spelling | iium-323532013-10-21T04:53:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32353/ Politicizing the social sciences: Islam and culture as socio-political fact Mohd Yusof, Danial BP160 General works on Islam H Social Sciences (General) JC Political theory One possible way for a Muslim social scientist to respond and contextualize Islamic discourse is to mediate and cultivate a common perception and understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim readership through an understanding of Islam as a socio-political construct. In this paper, the discussion of Islam as socio-political fact is used to illustrate the impact of Western social sciences on the study of Islam. Through the appropriation of notions of transculture and the politics of identity, post-colonialism and post-modernism, the sociology of Islam is expanded as a paradigm through the understanding of strategic essentialism to deconstruct hegemonic terms of political discourse in academia Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia 2008 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32353/1/ikim_1.pdf Mohd Yusof, Danial (2008) Politicizing the social sciences: Islam and culture as socio-political fact. IKIM Journal of Islam and International Affairs, 2 (3). pp. 63-90. ISSN 1675-4131 |
| spellingShingle | BP160 General works on Islam H Social Sciences (General) JC Political theory Mohd Yusof, Danial Politicizing the social sciences: Islam and culture as socio-political fact |
| title | Politicizing the social sciences: Islam and culture as socio-political fact |
| title_full | Politicizing the social sciences: Islam and culture as socio-political fact |
| title_fullStr | Politicizing the social sciences: Islam and culture as socio-political fact |
| title_full_unstemmed | Politicizing the social sciences: Islam and culture as socio-political fact |
| title_short | Politicizing the social sciences: Islam and culture as socio-political fact |
| title_sort | politicizing the social sciences: islam and culture as socio-political fact |
| topic | BP160 General works on Islam H Social Sciences (General) JC Political theory |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/32353/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32353/1/ikim_1.pdf |