Applied Islamismology (AI) : Toward an Arab Epistemological Reference Framework for Studying Political Islam
تاريخ النشر: 01/01/2021
الناشر: مركز تريندز للبحوث والاستشارات
نبذة الناشر:This paper aims at establishing an Arab epistemological reference framework for studying political Islam and identifying some new research themes related to the topic. This initial effort in this direction is modelled as an open epistemological dialogue because the author is keen to improve this reference framework. He also ...wants to ensure that it keeps pace with the developments related to Islamism, which need to be continuously and thoroughly analyzed using up-to-date methods of scientific research.
The paper proposes that the Arab epistemological reference framework for studying political Islam in detail should be guided by well-established principles of inquiry, beginning with a clear differentiation between Islam and Islamism. The other principles to be followed are:
a critical approach,
a documentary approach based on new documents,
an interdisciplinary approach,
an applied approach that relies on and develops Mohammed Arkoun’s applied Islamic studies,
due consideration of the foundational texts when analyzing Islamism,
a critical approach to Islamism-sympathetic literature in international academia,
a comparative historical approach to ideas,
a post-colonial approach that avoids the traps of post-colonialism and
a reflexive approach إقرأ المزيد