,,Islam Observed" – ,,Islam Obscured": Lokale Religionsforschung aus translokaler Perspektive
In his famous study ,,Islam Observed," Clifford Geertz poses general critical questions for the study of religion. Taking Geertz's critique and the question ,,what is Islam?" as starting points, this paper explores problems caused by misleading dichotomies such as ,,great" and ,,...
| Published in: | Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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Brill
2006
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| In: |
Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Decentralization
/ Regional identity
/ Science of Religion
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion BJ Islam |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | In his famous study ,,Islam Observed," Clifford Geertz poses general critical questions for the study of religion. Taking Geertz's critique and the question ,,what is Islam?" as starting points, this paper explores problems caused by misleading dichotomies such as ,,great" and ,,little" traditions, ,,oral/literal," ,,folk/orthodoxy," etc. Instead of perpetuating the idea of a ,,true Islam," concepts such as ,,discursive tradition," ,,frame of reference," and ,,translocalisation" are employed in order to dissolve the particularuniversal antagonism following several recent (trans-)local studies of Islam. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0739 |
| Contains: | In: Zeitschrift für Religions- und Geistesgeschichte
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/157007306776562035 DOI: 10.15496/publikation-40307 HDL: 10900/98926 |