Reversing the Gaze? Or Decolonizing the Study of the Qurʾan
Abstract Taking as the starting point, Majid Daneshgar’s Studying the Qurʾan in the Muslim Academy , I argue that the political and intellectual contexts for the study of Islam and indeed the Qur’an cannot be ignored whether the study is conducted in the “Western” or the “Muslim” academy. The constr...
| Published in: | Method & theory in the study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 33, Issue: 2, Pages: 122-138 |
| Further subjects: | B
Muslim Academy
B Postcolonialism B Qurʾanic Studies B Orientalism B Decolonization |
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| Summary: | Abstract Taking as the starting point, Majid Daneshgar’s Studying the Qurʾan in the Muslim Academy , I argue that the political and intellectual contexts for the study of Islam and indeed the Qur’an cannot be ignored whether the study is conducted in the “Western” or the “Muslim” academy. The construction of the categories of religion and scripture arise out of practices of colonialist knowledge; positionality of the author cannot be eliminated from the interrogative gaze. Beginning with that critique, I suggest some possible ways in which we can decolonize the study of the Muslim scripture and its experience for Muslims. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0682 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Method & theory in the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700682-12341511 |