Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation questions the assumption that groups of people should be defined be geographical boundaries, arguing instead that individuals often feel more connected by shared values and principles than by conventional spatial dimensions. The book demonstrates that an understanding of pluri-local connectivity should be integrated into the production of knowledge about different areas of the world and the behavioural dimension of global cooperation. By shifting the view from the collective to the individual and from the formal to often invisible…mehr
Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation questions the assumption that groups of people should be defined be geographical boundaries, arguing instead that individuals often feel more connected by shared values and principles than by conventional spatial dimensions. The book demonstrates that an understanding of pluri-local connectivity should be integrated into the production of knowledge about different areas of the world and the behavioural dimension of global cooperation. By shifting the view from the collective to the individual and from the formal to often invisible patterns of connectedness, this book provides an important fresh perspective which will be of interest to scholars and students Area Studies, Global Cooperation, Politics, International Relations and Development Studies.
Claudia Derichs is Professor of Comparative Politics and International Development Studies at Philipps University Marburg, Germany, and a senior associate fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Centre for Global Cooperation Research in Duisburg, Germany. Her research interests are Muslim societies and political transition in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, as well as gender and development studies in Asia and the Middle East. She has published various books and articles on Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan and the Arab world, and is an advisor to several academic and political institutions, journals and think tanks. Prior to her studies of Japanese and Arabic, she worked as a journalist.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Introduction: Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation The problem of defining knowledge Area studies and disciplines Knowledge production, international relations and global cooperation Part I: Alternative Epistemologies 2. The Islamisation of Knowledge Naguib Al-Attas: Islam and secularism Isma'il Al-Faruqi: the tauhîdic worldview Seyyed Hossein Nasr: sacred science Fazlur Rahman: Islam and modernity Evaluations of the Islamisation of knowledge project IoK as a project of its time 3. Review: Spill-over and diffusion Islamic resurgence Islamisation in education and its political reception in Malaysia and Indonesia Primary to tertiary education Campus dakwah Malaysia Indonesia and the tarbiyah movement Transregional connections Diffusion into policymaking and economic practice Laws and verdicts Female perspectives on "Islamised" policymaking Diffusion into economy Conclusion 4. Empirical case studies: Islamic economy and Islamic feminism Assessing religion, economy and advocacy Commodification, commercialization and aestheticisation of religion The Islamisation of knowledge and its repercussions Domestic political contexts Beyond domestic politics Islamic economy and sharî'aised workplaces Gender justice and transnational Islamic feminism Pulling the strings together Part II: Areas and Pluri-Locality 5. At Home Away from Home (Emotional Geographies) Trans- and pluri-local settings Knowledge entrepreneurs Trans- and pluri-local networks Translocal areas Conclusion 6. Tunnel Views in Area Studies Critical assessments of area studies Scales and geographies Areas and disciplines in postcolonial perspective Conclusion 7. Connectivity and Cooperation: Concluding Thoughts Cooperation on a global level The cooperation hexagon and meccanomics Religion and international cooperation Epistemic approaches and behavioural dimensions Knowledge production, area studies and global cooperation
1. Introduction: Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation The problem of defining knowledge Area studies and disciplines Knowledge production, international relations and global cooperation Part I: Alternative Epistemologies 2. The Islamisation of Knowledge Naguib Al-Attas: Islam and secularism Isma'il Al-Faruqi: the tauhîdic worldview Seyyed Hossein Nasr: sacred science Fazlur Rahman: Islam and modernity Evaluations of the Islamisation of knowledge project IoK as a project of its time 3. Review: Spill-over and diffusion Islamic resurgence Islamisation in education and its political reception in Malaysia and Indonesia Primary to tertiary education Campus dakwah Malaysia Indonesia and the tarbiyah movement Transregional connections Diffusion into policymaking and economic practice Laws and verdicts Female perspectives on "Islamised" policymaking Diffusion into economy Conclusion 4. Empirical case studies: Islamic economy and Islamic feminism Assessing religion, economy and advocacy Commodification, commercialization and aestheticisation of religion The Islamisation of knowledge and its repercussions Domestic political contexts Beyond domestic politics Islamic economy and sharî'aised workplaces Gender justice and transnational Islamic feminism Pulling the strings together Part II: Areas and Pluri-Locality 5. At Home Away from Home (Emotional Geographies) Trans- and pluri-local settings Knowledge entrepreneurs Trans- and pluri-local networks Translocal areas Conclusion 6. Tunnel Views in Area Studies Critical assessments of area studies Scales and geographies Areas and disciplines in postcolonial perspective Conclusion 7. Connectivity and Cooperation: Concluding Thoughts Cooperation on a global level The cooperation hexagon and meccanomics Religion and international cooperation Epistemic approaches and behavioural dimensions Knowledge production, area studies and global cooperation
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