02784nam 2200565 a 450 991081750040332120200520144314.03534229886(hd. bd.)(CKB)2550000000017348(EBL)516783(OCoLC)742332791(SSID)ssj0000457999(PQKBManifestationID)11268375(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000457999(PQKBWorkID)10420869(PQKB)10308020(MiAaPQ)EBC516783(MiAaPQ)EBC3060819(Au-PeEL)EBL516783(EXLCZ)99255000000001734820070508d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSituating Islam the past and future of an academic discipline /Aaron W. Hughes1st ed.London ;Oakville, CT Equinox Pub.20071 online resource (143 p.)Religion in cultureDescription based upon print version of record.1-84553-259-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-127) and index.Introduction -- Loss of memory, loss of focus : Geiger, Said, and the search for missing origins -- The invention of the Middle East : religion and the quest for understanding the Muslim mind -- Tensions past, tensions future : Middle Eastern studies confronts religious studies -- We study Muslim constructions, not Muslims, right? -- The implosion of a discipline : 9/11 and the Islamic studies scholar as media expert -- Conclusion : towards a future imperfect.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 shaping how we think about Islam in both academy and, especially post 9/11, in the media.Religion in culture.IslamStudy and teachingIslamResearchIslamStudy and teaching.IslamResearch.297.071Hughes Aaron W.1968-1614327MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817500403321Situating Islam4073034UNINA