Mona Abaza

Debates on Islam and Knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt

Shifting Worlds

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analyses the process of the production of 'knowledge' in Malaysia and Egypt through the example of the modern 'Islamization of knowledge debate' and local empirical variations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 144mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 519g
• ISBN-13: 9780700715053
• ISBN-10: 0700715053
• Artikelnr.: 22583659

Autorenporträt

Mona Abaza is Associate Professor at The American University in Cairo.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Introductory Reflections 1. Science Islamized: localities and
fields of knowledge 2. The issues at stake 3. Landscapes, variations and
perceptions: contrasts between Egypt and Malaysia 4. Images of
intellectuals in two distinct cultures Part II. Biographies and Travelling
Ideas 5. Isma'il Raji al-Faruqi: populism, or the guerrilla scholar? 6.
S.N. al-Attas: the beacon on the crest of a hill or the fusion of a
military ethos with science? 7. Henry Corbin, the absent centre 8. Syed
Hussein Alatas and sociological investigation in southeast Asia Part III.
Trajectories 9. The Islamization of knowledge debate in Egypt: the Cairo
office 10. Cultural invasion 11. Faith and science 12. Counter images;
secular responses 13. Women's reactions towards Islamization in Malaysia
14. Concluding remarks Notes Bibliography Index