Parallels between contemporary western and Islamic thought on the discourse of power and knowledge

This paper examines parallels between contemporary Western and Islamic thought. It will propose that there is congruence between Western and Muslim political thought processes on issues of soft-foundationalism, negative theology, provisional truth claims and religious democracy, in order to offset h...

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Main Author:	Mohd Yusof, Danial
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Versita, Warsaw 2012
Subjects:	B Philosophy (General) JC Political theory
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/1/danial.pdf

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spelling	iium-323382013-10-21T03:40:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/ Parallels between contemporary western and Islamic thought on the discourse of power and knowledge Mohd Yusof, Danial B Philosophy (General) JC Political theory This paper examines parallels between contemporary Western and Islamic thought. It will propose that there is congruence between Western and Muslim political thought processes on issues of soft-foundationalism, negative theology, provisional truth claims and religious democracy, in order to offset hegemonic tendencies. This will be illustrated by a concise juxtaposition of the ideas of Davutoglu, Winkel, Sardar, Tariq Ali, Derrida, Foucault, Abdolkarim Soroush, Mohammed Arkoun and others. In the social sciences, namely political science, the neutralization of ideology is also supported in relation to the concern of ideological encroachments into the discipline by William E. Connolly, that echoes Karl Mannheim’s sociology of knowledge. This paper concludes that similar concerns on the relationship between power and knowledge in contemporary Western and Islamic political thought processes are beneficial to the study of Islam and its transformation as a social and political phenomenon. Versita, Warsaw 2012 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/1/danial.pdf Mohd Yusof, Danial (2012) Parallels between contemporary western and Islamic thought on the discourse of power and knowledge. Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology, 9 (1). pp. 7-28. ISSN 2065-5002 (O), 1584-1057 (P) http://www.pdcnet.org/cultura/content/cultura_2012_0009_0001_0007_0028 10.5840/cultura20129118
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description	This paper examines parallels between contemporary Western and Islamic thought. It will propose that there is congruence between Western and Muslim political thought processes on issues of soft-foundationalism, negative theology, provisional truth claims and religious democracy, in order to offset hegemonic tendencies. This will be illustrated by a concise juxtaposition of the ideas of Davutoglu, Winkel, Sardar, Tariq Ali, Derrida, Foucault, Abdolkarim Soroush, Mohammed Arkoun and others. In the social sciences, namely political science, the neutralization of ideology is also supported in relation to the concern of ideological encroachments into the discipline by William E. Connolly, that echoes Karl Mannheim’s sociology of knowledge. This paper concludes that similar concerns on the relationship between power and knowledge in contemporary Western and Islamic political thought processes are beneficial to the study of Islam and its transformation as a social and political phenomenon.
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author	Mohd Yusof, Danial
author_facet	Mohd Yusof, Danial
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title	Parallels between contemporary western and Islamic thought on the discourse of power and knowledge
title_short	Parallels between contemporary western and Islamic thought on the discourse of power and knowledge
title_full	Parallels between contemporary western and Islamic thought on the discourse of power and knowledge
title_fullStr	Parallels between contemporary western and Islamic thought on the discourse of power and knowledge
title_full_unstemmed	Parallels between contemporary western and Islamic thought on the discourse of power and knowledge
title_sort	parallels between contemporary western and islamic thought on the discourse of power and knowledge
publisher	Versita, Warsaw
publishDate	2012
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/32338/1/danial.pdf
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