خلاصه ماشینی:
A significant aspect of the Islamic resurgence is that a small but growing number of Western-educated Muslim intellectuals and scholars in different parts of the world have sought to bring the Islamic perspective to bear on the social sciences.
He takes into consideration the impact of colonialism and neo- colonialism on the intellectual history of Muslim people, and points out that Islamization of knowledge should necessarily entail a correction and redress of the conceptual and methodological shortcomings of Western social sciences.
Dr. Ahmed defines Islamic anthropology as “the study of Muslim groups by scholars committed to the universalistic principles of Islam-—-humanity, knowledge, tolerancemrelating micro village tribal studies in particular to the larger historical and ideological frames of Islam” (p.
He takes into consideration the historical and cultural variations exhibited by Muslim communities in different parts of the world and criticizes Western anthropologists and other scholars for characterizing these differences in terms of Indian Islam, Moroccan Islam, Turkish Islam, etc.
Dr. Ahmed presents a historical model or taxonomy of Muslim societies, which supposedly provides a theoretical and methodological orientation for Islamic anthropology.
In our view, three distinctive, but interrelated, dimensions of Islamic anthropology may be outlined: (1) an authentic anthropology of Islam as a living faith and culture, (2) the contribution of Muslim scholars to anthropological research, (3) the relevance and utility of Islamic insights and perspectives to a universal science of man.
The second theme in Islamic anthropology relates to the contribution made by Muslim scholars to cross-cultural and comparative studies.