Globalised Muslim Societies – serie
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Studies of the Arab world since the 2011 uprisings have fluctuated between extolling the explanatory power of the democratization paradigm or the validity of the authoritarian resilience framework. It is through these two theoretical lenses that political developments across the region have been largely interpreted. These two paradigms though fail to capture the actual complexity of the changes - or lack thereof - that have characterised the region since 2011 because their focus is on elites and institutions (the macro-story). When one examines the attitudes of citizens a different story emerges (the micro-story). The central puzzle of this research builds on the paradox of what citizens in three Arab countries think about their political systems. Reflecting on the longer-term trends in the region and using recent survey data, the book investigates and explains the high level of dissatisfaction of citizens in countries that have experienced radically different post-uprising trajectories.
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Examines different positions of knowledge insider and outsider to explore what understanding Islam means in the 21st centuryExplores the long-standing conflict between science and religion, starting with the early development of the sociology of religionCritically examines the notion of positionality and its application in the study of contemporary Muslim religiosityFocuses on the dynamics of islamophobia, insider-outsider knowledge, feminist activism, the development of the sociology of Islam, the demography of Muslim communities, Sharia, orientalism and post-orientalismKey topics are explored through debates with modern philosophy, such as pragmatism, post-structuralism, postmodernism and hermeneuticsCan we understand a religion without believing and practicing it? Can we have knowledge about faith? Can people understand those different from themselves? Can outsiders ever understand the world of insiders? Examining insider and outsider positions of knowledge Bryan S. Turner explores what understanding Islam entails. He argues that understanding Islam has in recent years been dominated by political events the Iran Hostage crisis, the fall of the Iranian Shah, 9/11, Afghanistan and the foreign policy of Donald Trump leading to western intellectuals and public figures, many of whom know nothing about Islam, suddenly becoming experts. Turner asks how they, or how anyone, can have the authority to speak on this subject. He brilliantly elucidates the questions and problems involved in the challenge of understanding religion.