On the Discursive and Methodological Categorisation of Islam and Muslims in the West
Ontological and Epistemological Considerations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3407489 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F Mansouri (0000-0002-4120-9391, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University, Melbourne 3217, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 501 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel11100501 |
| OpenAlex | W3090904403 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 40 |
This article reflects on the ethical and epistemological challenges facing researchers engaged in contemporary studies of Islam and Muslims in the West. Particularly, it focuses on the impact of the constructions and categorisations of Muslims and Islam in research. To do this, it considers the entwinement of public discourses and the development of research agendas and projects. To examine this complex and enmeshed process, this article explores ideological, discursive and epistemological approaches that it argues researchers need to consider. In invoking these three approaches alongside an analysis of a collection of recent research, this article contends that questions of race, religion and politics have been deployed to reinforce, rather than challenge, certain essentialist/orientalist representations of Islam and Muslims in the West in research. As this article shows, this practice is increasingly threatening to compromise, in a Habermasian communicative sense (i.e., the opportunity to speak and be heard for all concerned), the ethical and epistemological underpinnings of social science research with its emphasis on inclusion and respect
Compromise · Epistemology · Essentialism · Ideology · Islam · Islamophobia · Orientalism · Political science · Politics · Pragmatism · Social science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development
Covering Islam
Sketching Muslims
Rethinking secularization
(Re-)Framing the Arab/Muslim
Public Religions in the Modern World
Genealogies of Religion
After 9/11
Solidarity in diverse societies
Islamophobia, Representation and the Muslim Political Subject. A Swedish Case Study
Media making Muslims
Theorising the “suspect community”
The rise of anti-Muslim prejudice
Rebooting European Identity
Youth and political engagement in post-revolution Tunisia
Positionality
Multiculturalism, Multiple Groups and Inequalities
Beyond Subordination vs. Resistance
Intercultural contact, knowledge of Islam, and prejudice against muslims in Australia
On geography and encounter
Categories of analysis and categories of practice
Addressing the “Muslim Question
Constituted Islam and Muslim Everyday Practices in Austria
Understanding Muslim Assimilation in America
The Muslim Question in Australia
Producing 'internal suspect bodies
British Muslims and the UK government's 'war on terror' within
Culture and Imperialism
Islamophobia
Constructions of collective Muslim identity by advocates of Muslim schools in Britain
Understanding and Approaching Muslim Visibilities
Studying Muslims and constructing Islamic identity
Introduction
Context, focus and new perspectives in the study of Muslim religiosity
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |