Dissertation Research: Gendered Islamism: Women's Participation in Egyptian Politico-Religious Debate

本项目涉及加州斯坦福大学一位文化人类学家的学位论文研究。该项目旨在研究埃及开罗的三个社会宗教女性群体，以探索女性对伊斯兰原教旨主义理解的差异。利用参与观察、深度访谈和阅读大众媒体上的全国性辩论的民族志技术，学生将分析群体对政府支持的宗教实践的意见，将评估社会经济阶层、年龄和教育背景等因素对他们意见的重要性，并概述伊斯兰公众关于宗教在公共生活中的适当角色的辩论。这项研究之所以重要，是因为伊斯兰教在当代世界具有重大影响。我们对宗教政策的民众支持来源的理解的进步将有助于决策者理解和处理伊斯兰政府和民众的行动。此外，本论文的研究将增加我们对这一世界重要领域的专业知识储备。

This project involves the dissertation research of a cultural anthropologist from Stanford, California. The project is to study three socio-religious groups of women in Cairo, Egypt to explore the variation in women's' understanding of Islamic fundamentalism. Using ethnographic techniques of participant observation, in-depth interviews and reading national debates in the mass media, the student will analyze the opinions of the groups with respect to government sponsored religious practices, will assess the importance of factors such as socio-economic class, age and educational backgrounds for their opinions, and profile the Islamic public debate on the proper role so religion in public life. This research is important because Islam is a major influence in the contemporary world. Advances in our understanding of the sources of popular support for religious policies will help decision makers understand and deal with the actions of Islamic governments and populations. In addition this dissertation research will add to our store of expertise about this important area of the world.