Dissertation Research: Islam, Science, and Modernity: A Multi-Site Ethnography of the Islamization of Knowledge Debate

本论文的目的是以科学为个案，描述当代穆斯林之间的后殖民谈判。该项目将通过增进对欧美以外的科学实践和认识的了解，为科学和技术研究以及科学人类学作出贡献。具体地说，该项目将审查关于伊斯兰教和科学的合法性和相关性的知识辩论的伊斯兰化问题，以此作为满足伊斯兰世界特殊需要的手段。这场辩论是穆斯林知识分子在1967年阿拉伯-以色列战争期间和之后，在被认为是伊斯兰主义的主要替代品泛阿拉伯主义失败和崩溃后，重新评估“伊斯兰教”、“科学”和“适度”的含义和相关性的一个场所。在初步研究的基础上，该项目假设，个人的辩论立场将大致分为三类，研究人员将其归类为现代化、本土化和本土化；然而，具体的知识取向将与当地和国家的背景和个人背景密切相关。方法包括在机构和会议上对参与者进行观察；半结构访谈和生活史访谈；以及对技术文献和流行文献的分析。

The purpose of this dissertation project is to describe the post-colonial negotiations among contemporary Muslims by using science as a case. The project will contribute to both science and technology studies and the anthropology of science by improving knowledge of the practice and perception of science outside the Euro-American context. Specifically, this project will examine the Islamization of knowledge debate concerning the legitimacy and relevance of Islam and science as means to address the particular needs of the Islamic world. This debate constitutes one locus for Muslim intellectuals' re-evaluation of the meaning and relevance of `Islam,` `science,` and `modernity` in the wake of the perceived failure and collapse of pan-Arabism, the main alternative to Islamism, during and after the 1967 Arab-Israeli War. Based on preliminary research, the project hypothesizes that individuals' debate positions will broadly cluster into three groups which the researcher labels modernization, indigenization, and nativization; however specific intellectual orientation will be strongly interrelated with local and national contexts and personal backgrounds. Methodologies include participant-observation at institutions and conferences; semi-structured and life history interviews; and analysis of technical and popular literature.