Culture from a different, Islamic perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID4778731
AuthorsMahmoud Dhaouadi (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume59
Issue193-194
Pages465-480
Publication date2008-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2451.2009.01679.x
OpenAlexW2031315511
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

This essay proposes a new perspective for understanding and studying the concept and the phenomenon of culture. This perspective is rather different from those of contemporary Western anthropology and sociology, and uses the term "cultural symbols" rather than "culture". Cultural symbols are defined as follows: language, thought, religion, knowledge/science, myths, and cultural values and norms. Language in particular, may be regarded as the "Mother of all cultural symbols". The article emphasizes the transcendental dimensions of cultural symbols, which have neither weight nor volume in the material sense of the terms. This view is compatible with the interpretation of the Koran's vision of cultural symbols as a Divine Spirit. This gives credence to the study of culture through the Islamic perspective

Credence · Epistemology · Interpretation (philosophy) · Islam · Islamic culture · Linguistics · Mythology · Perspective (graphical) · Phenomenon · Social science · Sociology · Theology · Transcendental number · Anthropology · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions

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