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

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

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"This book is a comparative study of the sociological field in two different Muslim societies, Malaysia and Egypt. It analyses the ways in which knowledge is produced through the example of the modern 'Islamization of knowledge' debate and local empirical variations."--BOOK JACKE...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abaza, Mona
Corporate Author: Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2002
London ; New York : Routledge Curzon, 2002
London ; New York : 2002
Richmond; New York : 2002
London ; New York : 2002
Subjects:
Discourse analysis > Cross-cultural studies
Islam > Egypt
Islam > Malaysia
Knowledge, Sociology of
Civilization
Discourse analysis
Islam
Egypt > Civilization
Malaysia > Civilization
Egypt
Malaysia
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • 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
  • Pt. 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
  • Pt. 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
  • Pt. III. Trajectories
  • 9. The Islamization of knowledge debate in Egypt: the Cairo office
  • 10. Cultural invasion
  • 11. Faith and science
  • 12. Counter images; secular response
  • 13. Women's reactions towards Islamization in Malaysia
  • 14. Concluding remarks.

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