Toward Islamic Anthropology: Definition, Dogma, and Directions (Islamization of Knowledge Series, No 2)

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Author(s): Akbar S. Ahmed
Year: 1989

Language: English
Pages: 80

Cover ......Page 1
Contents ......Page 11
A. The Science of Anthropology ......Page 13
B. Anthropology and Other Sciences of Man ......Page 19
C. Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter ......Page 25
II. Anthropological Fieldwork ......Page 28
III. Theoretical Frames in Western Anthropology ......Page 31
A. Social Structure ......Page 32
B. Kinship and Political Organizatiort ......Page 36
C. Beliefs, Magic and Religion ......Page 41
D. Economic Anthropology ......Page 44
E. Processes of Social Change ......Page 48
IV. The Orientalist Anthropologist ......Page 50
A. The Problem of Definition ......Page 56
B. Muslim Societies ......Page 61
C. Society During the Time of the Prophet ......Page 64
A. Recommendations ......Page 65
B. Conclusion ......Page 67
Bibliography ......Page 69