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Debates on Islam and knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt : shifting worlds /

This book is a comparative study of the sociological field in two different Muslim societies: Malaysia and Egypt. It analyses the process of the production of 'knowledge' through the example of the modern 'Islamization of knowledge debate' and local empirical variations.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Abaza, Mona
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Introductory reflections
  • Science Islamized : localities and fields of knowledge
  • The issues at stake
  • Landscapes, variations and perceptions : contrasts between Egypt and Malaysia
  • Images of intellectuals in two distinct cultures
  • pt. II. Biographies and travelling ideas
  • Ismaʻil Raji al-Faruqi : populism, or the guerrilla scholar?
  • S.N. al-Attas : the beacon on the crest of a hill or the fusion of a military ethos with science?
  • Henry Corbin, the absent centre
  • Syed Hussein Alatas and sociological investigation in southeast Asia
  • pt. III. Trajectories
  • The Islamization of knowledge debate in Egypt : the Cairo office
  • Cultural invasion
  • Faith and science
  • Counter images; secular responses
  • Women's reactions towards Islamization in Malaysia
  • Concluding remarks.