Interpreting Islam ( 1 )

Publication series :1

Author: Donnan   Hastings S C  

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd‎

Publication year: 2001

E-ISBN: 9781412931847

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780761954217

Subject: B968 Analysis and study of Islam

Keyword: 政治、法律

Language: ENG

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Description

Islam is one of the most misunderstood concepts in the West. Myths and stereotypes surround it. This clear and penetrating volume helps readers to make sense of Islam. It offers a penetrating guide to the diversity and richness of contemporary knowledge about Islam and Muslim society. Throughout, the emphasis is upon the value of pluralistic approaches to Islam, rather than condensing complexity with unifying concepts such as `Orientalism'.
Interdisciplinary in scope and organization, the book cuts through the bewildering and seemingly anarchic diversity of contemporary knowledge about Islam and Muslim society. The methodological difficulties and advantages of Western researchers focusing on Islam are fully documented. The book demonstrates how gender, age, status and `insider' / `outsider' status impacts upon research and inflects research findings.

 

Chapter

Chapter 2 - Orientalism, or the Politics of the Text

Chapter 3 - Researching the Radical: The quest for a new perspective

Chapter 4 - Islam in the Media

Chapter 5 - Interpreting Islam in American Schools

Chapter 6 - Ideological Dimensions of Islam: A critical paragigm

Chapter 7 - Kissing Cousins: Anthropologists on Islam

Chapter 8 - Islam and the Sea: The causes of a failure

Chapter 9 - Organized Charity in the Arab-Islamic World: A view from the NGOs

Chapter 10 - Silver Sounds in the Inner Citadel? Reflections on musicology and Islam

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