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

本论文项目的目的是用科学作为案例来描述当代穆斯林之间的后殖民谈判。该项目将通过提高对欧美以外的科学实践和认识的认识，对科学和技术研究以及科学人类学作出贡献。具体来说，这个项目将研究关于伊斯兰教和科学作为解决伊斯兰世界特殊需求的手段的合法性和相关性的知识伊斯兰化辩论。这场辩论构成了穆斯林知识分子重新评估“伊斯兰”、“科学”和“现代性”的意义和相关性的一个场所，在1967年阿以战争期间和之后，泛阿拉伯主义（伊斯兰主义的主要替代方案）的明显失败和崩溃之后。基于初步研究，该项目假设个人的辩论立场将大致分为三组，研究者将其标记为现代化，本土化和本土化；然而，具体的智力取向将与地方和国家背景以及个人背景密切相关。方法包括在机构和会议上进行参与者观察；半结构化访谈和生活史访谈；以及技术和通俗文学的分析。

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.