Reconstructing grand theory in Islamic human geography – some preliminary notes

To have or not to have a grand theory is the question asked and deliberated by contemporary geographers although some or many had already dismissed the legitimacy of the question altogether . This paper addresses the problem of grand theory in contemporary (Western) human geography from an Islamic p...

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Main Author:	Amriah Buang
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/803/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/803/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/803/1/4.2010-3-Amriah_Buang-Epis-english-1.pdf

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spelling	ukm-8032016-12-14T06:28:13Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/803/ Reconstructing grand theory in Islamic human geography – some preliminary notes Amriah Buang, To have or not to have a grand theory is the question asked and deliberated by contemporary geographers although some or many had already dismissed the legitimacy of the question altogether . This paper addresses the problem of grand theory in contemporary (Western) human geography from an Islamic perspective. It is driven by the hypothesis that the de-legitimation or the debunking of an epistemological grand theory in contemporary human geography is neither absolute, nor final, nor universal. It is essentially a Western scholarship problem presented as if it is universal. It then proceeds to demonstrate how and why an epistemological grand theory is not a problem in the Islamic approach to knowledge. Recapitulating the gist of an earlier attempt, it provides a brief account of how an Islamic epistemology would grapple with three of the main issues and challenges facing a grand theory in human geography, namely, integrating the theoretical with the empirical, unifying multi-scalar analyses, and transcending the divide between the human and the natural sciences Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2010-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/803/1/4.2010-3-Amriah_Buang-Epis-english-1.pdf Amriah Buang, (2010) Reconstructing grand theory in Islamic human geography – some preliminary notes. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 6 (3). pp. 40-45. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v1/index.php
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description	To have or not to have a grand theory is the question asked and deliberated by contemporary geographers although some or many had already dismissed the legitimacy of the question altogether . This paper addresses the problem of grand theory in contemporary (Western) human geography from an Islamic perspective. It is driven by the hypothesis that the de-legitimation or the debunking of an epistemological grand theory in contemporary human geography is neither absolute, nor final, nor universal. It is essentially a Western scholarship problem presented as if it is universal. It then proceeds to demonstrate how and why an epistemological grand theory is not a problem in the Islamic approach to knowledge. Recapitulating the gist of an earlier attempt, it provides a brief account of how an Islamic epistemology would grapple with three of the main issues and challenges facing a grand theory in human geography, namely, integrating the theoretical with the empirical, unifying multi-scalar analyses, and transcending the divide between the human and the natural sciences
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title	Reconstructing grand theory in Islamic human geography – some preliminary notes
title_short	Reconstructing grand theory in Islamic human geography – some preliminary notes
title_full	Reconstructing grand theory in Islamic human geography – some preliminary notes
title_fullStr	Reconstructing grand theory in Islamic human geography – some preliminary notes
title_full_unstemmed	Reconstructing grand theory in Islamic human geography – some preliminary notes
title_sort	reconstructing grand theory in islamic human geography – some preliminary notes
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Reconstructing grand theory in Islamic human geography – some preliminary notes

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