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Author Derichs, Claudia

Title Knowledge Production, Area Studies and Global Cooperation
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (217 pages)
Series Routledge Global Cooperation Series
Routledge global cooperation series.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Notes on the text; Abbreviations and acronyms; Introduction; The problem of defining; Knowledge; Area Studies and disciplines; Knowledge production, international relations and global cooperation; Notes; References; Part I Alternative epistemologies; 2 The Islamisation of Knowledge; Islamisation of Knowledge with a capital 'K'; Naguib Al-Attas: Islam and secularism; Islam and secularism; Isma'il Al-Faruqi: The tauhîdic worldview; Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Sacred science
Fazlur Rahman: Islam and modernityEvaluations of the Islamisation of Knowledge project; IoK as a project of its time; Notes; References; 3 Review: Spill-over and diffusion ; Islamic resurgence; Islamisation in education and its political reception in Malaysia and Indonesia; Primary to tertiary education; Campus dakwah; Malaysia; Indonesia and the tarbiyah movement; Transregional connections; Diffusion into policymaking and economic practice; Laws and verdicts; Female perspectives on 'Islamised' policymaking; Diffusion into economy; Conclusion; Notes; References
4 Empirical case studies: Islamic economy and Islamic feminism Assessing religion, economy and advocacy; Commodification, commercialisation and aestheticisation of religion; The Islamisation of Knowledge and its repercussions; Domestic political contexts; Beyond domestic politics; Islamic economy and sharĂ®'aised workplaces; Gender justice and transnational Islamic feminism; Pulling the strings together; Notes; References; Part II Areas and pluri-locality; 5 At home away from home (emotional geographies); Trans- and pluri-local settings; Knowledge entrepreneurs; Trans- and pluri-local networks
Translocal areasConclusion; Notes; References; 6 Tunnel vision in Area Studies; Critical assessments of Area Studies; Scales and geographies; Areas and disciplines in postcolonial perspective; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 Connectivity and cooperation: Concluding thoughts ; Cooperation on a global level; The cooperation hexagon and meccanomics; Religion and international cooperation; Epistemic approaches and behavioural dimensions; Knowledge production, Area Studies and global cooperation; Notes; References; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Area studies -- Methodology
Intellectual cooperation.
Area studies -- Methodology
Intellectual cooperation
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317282068
131728206X