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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457053703321

Autore

Hughes Aaron W

Titolo

Situating Islam [[electronic resource] ] : The Past and Future of an Academic Discipline

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2008

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Collana

Religion in Culture: Studies in Social Contest and Construction

Disciplina

297.071

305.697

Soggetti

Islam -- Research

Islam -- Study and teaching

Islam - Study and teaching

Islam - Research

Religion

Islam

Philosophy & Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Conclusion:; Notes; Bibliography; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The formation of any scholarly discourse is contingent upon the creation of a vocabulary and a set of categories responsible for manufacturing the data that it deems "significant" or not. The discovery of raw data, the manufacture of theoretical or interpretive frameworks that make sense of such data, and subsequent scholarly conventions responsible for its dissemination are always mediated by particular social, ideological, and political contexts. This book documents these contexts in the creation of the discipline known as Islamic Studies and demonstrates how they have been instrumental in s