Secular Critique in an Islamic Society

在维娜·达斯博士的指导下，研究生约瑟夫·安德鲁·布什将对穆斯林社会中的世俗主义和政治批判进行研究。他的研究将在伊拉克库尔德城市苏莱曼尼进行。这是一个合适的研究地点，因为这座城市有库尔德诗人的悠久传统，他们认为自己是穆斯林，但努力通过将自己与一些伊斯兰传统分开，成为非实践的穆斯林。他们在报纸上发表诗歌和散文文章，批评其他人认为是伊斯兰传统的社会规范。布什将使用定性和人种学研究方法的结合。他将采访三家库尔德媒体机构的员工；从档案中收集批评散文文献；与一组选定的库尔德诗人进行深入的参与者观察；参加和观察会议；并对学校教材进行了内容分析。这项研究很重要，因为它将是第一个关于世俗主义如何在穆斯林社会中实践和维持的社会科学研究之一。它将对一名社会科学家的教育作出重大贡献，这名社会科学家也正在学习两种重要的语言，即阿拉伯语和库尔德语，以便进行这项研究。

Under the supervision of Dr. Veena Das, graduate student Joseph Andrew Bush will undertake a study of secularism and political critique in a Muslim society. His research will be carried on in the Kurdish city of Suleimani, Iraq. This is a suitable site for the research because the city has a long tradition of Kurdish poets who identify themselves as Muslims, but strive to become non-practicing Muslims by separating themselves from some Islamic traditions. They use poetry and prose articles in newspapers to ply their critique of social norms that others defend as Islamic traditions. Bush will use a combination of qualitative, ethnographic research methods. He will interview employees at three Kurdish media institutions; collect critical prose documents from archives; carry out intensive participant observations with a select group of Kurdish poets; attend and observe conferences; and do a content analysis of school textbooks. The research is important because it will be one of the first social science studies of how secularism is practiced and maintained in a Muslim society. It will contribute significantly to the education of a social scientist who also is learning two critical languages, Arabic and Kurdish, in order to carry out the research.