Toward Islamic anthropology : definition, dogma, and directions / Akbar S. Ahmed. [print]

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Ahmed, Akbar S [Author]

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text

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unmediated

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volume

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9780912463056

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Islamic anthropology

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GN320.A286.T693 1988
GN320

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Contents:

Introduction -- The science of anthropology -- Anthropology and other sciences of man -- Anthropology and the colonial encounter -- Anthropological fieldwork -- Theoretical frames in Western anthropology -- Social structure -- Kinship and political organization -- Beliefs, magic and religion -- Economic anthropology -- Processes of social change -- The Orientalist anthropologist

Islamic anthropology -- The problem of definition -- Muslim societies -- Society during the time of the prophet

Subject: This book, Toward Islamic Anthropology: Definition, Dogma and Direction, is a valuable prerequisite for the study and assessment of Western anthropology from a universal or Islamic perspective. Dr. Akbar Ahmed, author of this work, contends that Western Anthropology offers the Islamic scholar a body of knowledge worthy of merit, but which is, unfortunately, laden with conclusions based on cultural presumptions, misinformation and ethnocentrism. Approaching the subject from an Islamic perspective, Dr. Ahmed zeros in upon the Methodological prejudices, which he suggests represents the greatest challenge to be overcome in the field. As the Late Dr. Isma il R. al-Faruqi states in the introduction of the book, regarding the cause of truth as its own, Islam prescribes that where there is valid evidence for the other point of view; the mind must bend itself to it with humility. But where the evidence is spurlous or lacking, the Islamic mind feels itself compelled to expose the incoherence. In Part I, Dr. Ahmed reviews the science of Anthropology and compares its development with that of other disciplines. He also shows how given historical and political periods, such as the colonial era, forced erroneous methodological frameworks upon the discipline. In Part II, the author establishes the fact that Anthropology had its roots in the Islamic scientific heritage, dating back to the tenth Hijri century. He concludes that anthropologists must transcend themselves and their cultures, to a position where they can speak to, and understand those around them in terms of their special humanity, irrespective of color, caste or creed." ~ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Islamic-Anthropology-Definition-Islamization/dp/0912463058/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780912463056&qid=1600461214&s=books&sr=1-1

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library PAMPHLET	Non-fiction	GN320.A364.T693 1988 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001687959

PART ONE -- Introduction -- The science of anthropology -- Anthropology and other sciences of man -- Anthropology and the colonial encounter -- Anthropological fieldwork -- Theoretical frames in Western anthropology -- Social structure -- Kinship and political organization -- Beliefs, magic and religion -- Economic anthropology -- Processes of social change -- The Orientalist anthropologist

PART TWO -- Islamic anthropology -- The problem of definition -- Muslim societies -- Society during the time of the prophet

This book, Toward Islamic Anthropology: Definition, Dogma and Direction, is a valuable prerequisite for the study and assessment of Western anthropology from a universal or Islamic perspective. Dr. Akbar Ahmed, author of this work, contends that Western Anthropology offers the Islamic scholar a body of knowledge worthy of merit, but which is, unfortunately, laden with conclusions based on cultural presumptions, misinformation and ethnocentrism. Approaching the subject from an Islamic perspective, Dr. Ahmed zeros in upon the Methodological prejudices, which he suggests represents the greatest challenge to be overcome in the field. As the Late Dr. Isma il R. al-Faruqi states in the introduction of the book, regarding the cause of truth as its own, Islam prescribes that where there is valid evidence for the other point of view; the mind must bend itself to it with humility. But where the evidence is spurlous or lacking, the Islamic mind feels itself compelled to expose the incoherence. In Part I, Dr. Ahmed reviews the science of Anthropology and compares its development with that of other disciplines. He also shows how given historical and political periods, such as the colonial era, forced erroneous methodological frameworks upon the discipline. In Part II, the author establishes the fact that Anthropology had its roots in the Islamic scientific heritage, dating back to the tenth Hijri century. He concludes that anthropologists must transcend themselves and their cultures, to a position where they can speak to, and understand those around them in terms of their special humanity, irrespective of color, caste or creed."

~ Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Islamic-Anthropology-Definition-Islamization/dp/0912463058/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9780912463056&qid=1600461214&s=books&sr=1-1

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