Rescuing the Muslim collective self: the Nur case in light of the Modern Muslim Subjectivities Project

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio Vicini
Keyword(s):  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Islamic Movements ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Collective Self ◽  
Modern Turkey ◽  
Said Nursi ◽  
Modern Nation State

Abstract There is a tendency in the literature to emphasise how contemporary Islamic movements promote ways of living a pious Muslim life alternative to those proposed by secular liberal modernity. For this reason, the domains of religious and civic engagement have often been thought of as opposed to each other. In counterpoint to this tendency, the paper explores the intertwining of national views about mass education and modern citizenship with a renewed Islamic emphasis on the need for moral and ethical reform of society within the Nur movement in modern Turkey. Methodologically, the paper draws upon ethnographic material from research conducted in 2010 on the Suffa community in Istanbul, as well as on an account of the life and projects of the leader of the movement, Said Nursi, mainly drawn from secondary sources. This case is explored in light of the theories of successive modernities that inspired the analytical framework for the Modern Muslim Subjectivities Project applied in this special issue. In so doing, it illustrates the complex nexus that Nursi established between long-standing views of Islamic ethics and modern perspectives on education and civic engagement in response to the emergence of the modern nation-state in the first half of the 20th century.

scholarly journals Feminist Hermeneutics in Islam: its History and Major Ideas

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-526
Author(s):  
D. V. Mukhetdinov
Keyword(s):  
Critical Approach ◽  
Islamic Ethics ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
History Of Development ◽  
Islamic Thought ◽  
History Of ◽  
Spiritual Tradition ◽  
Basic Ideas ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
Feminist Hermeneutics

The article deals with the history of development and basic ideas of Islamic feminist hermeneutics. In order to understand tendencies of development of the modern Islamic thought, it is important as well to study feminist ideas in their complexity. The author argues that feminist hermeneutics in Islam represents a set of approaches towards the interpretation of the Holy Qur’an, the Hadith and secondary sources of Islamic spiritual tradition. In the typological perspective, it is close to the so-called “Standpoint feminism”. The author singles out seven basic features to Islamic feminist hermeneutics, which are the religious frame of mind, following the principles of Islamic ethics, the use of so-called “contextual ijtihad”, accepting the egalitarist values, the critical approach to tradition, the critical approach towards the Hadith, use of the new methodology, which has its roots in the heritage of Neomodernist school of thought.

scholarly journals Social Media Use and Innovations: Introduction to the Special Issue

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petter Bae Brandtzaeg ◽  
Asbjørn Følstad
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Social Media Use

This special issue on "Social media use and innovations" of the Journal of Media Innovation provides an engaging view into innovative uses of social media as well as approaches for utilizing social media in innovation.  With three papers included, we cover experiences with an online social network for children (Stephanie Valentine and Tracy Hammond), design by youth for youth in projects on social media for civic engagement (Henry Mainsah, Petter Bae Brandtzaeg, and Asbjørn Følstad), and social platforms for corporate and community innovation (Marika Lüders).

scholarly journals Spending Time in the Nineteenth Century

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rieke Jordan
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
American Literature ◽  
Literary History ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Nineteenth Century American Literature ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
American Literary History

This special issue of New American Studies Journal: A Forum looks at nineteenth-century American literature and culture through the analytical lens of free time and leisure. This analytical framework affords a novel access point to American literary history—free time, as this special issue will explore, is a highly contested and politicized concept and resource of the nineteenth century, one that restructures temporalities and spaces. Nineteenth-century American culture and literature can be understood as an archive to explore free time as a significant social and economic innovation into the texture of individual life. The contributions to this special issue explore the rise of free time in the nineteenth century with particular attention toward temporal and spatial reconfigurations that free time afforded. Furthermore they explore the societal and cultural aspects of free time that grew around the logics and logistics of nineteenth-century capitalism—a social formation that made leisure, time off work, not merely possible, but that created entire industries and spaces for leisure and repose.

scholarly journals Introducing a Special Issue on the Reinvention of Food

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Grasseni ◽  
Heather Paxson ◽  
Jim Bingen ◽  
Amy J. Cohen ◽  
Susanne Freidberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Food Provisioning ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Traditional Methods

This introduction to a special issue forwards “the reinvention of food” as an analytical framework within which to make sense, together, of current projects valorizing “traditional” methods of food production as well as efforts to reimagine more sustainable or transparent food provisioning schemes.

Frozen and Stalled? Gender and Migration Scholarship in the 21st Century

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (10) ◽  
pp. 1079-1085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine M. Donato ◽  
Laura E. Enriquez ◽  
Cheryl Llewellyn
Keyword(s):  
Labor Markets ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Complex Relationship ◽  
Historical Time ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Dynamic Interactions ◽  
Gender And Migration ◽  
And Migration

Gender and migration is a complex relationship, involving dynamic interactions between women and men, embedded in a variety of institutions (families, labor markets, and others) that all vary across different periods of historical time. Although many studies in the field of gender and migration have appeared since the late 1970s, few contemporary migration scholars centrally integrate gender into their work. In 2006, Donato and colleagues called for advancing this field of research. Now, more than a decade later, studies have incorporated various methods and approaches, but despite some momentum, most recent books and articles about migration still do not explicitly integrate gender. In this introduction, we set the stage for research and findings that bridge this gap and appear in this special issue. We preview findings from these studies, suggesting that a gender analytical framework is essential to understanding migration in the 21st century.

scholarly journals Developing Gateways as Tourist Destinations: Ferry Services and Nodal Functions in Wellington and Picton

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gui Lohmann
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Relative Length ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Tourist Attractions ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Catchment Areas

<p>This thesis discusses the relationship between transport and tourism with a particular focus on how to improve the destination function of gateways. The case study chosen for this research is the Cook Strait ferries and the ferry ports of Wellington and Picton, in New Zealand. With the absence of academic literature dealing with the impacts of tourism in gateways and the fact that the concept of gateway has not been operationalised yet, the thesis proposes, via empirical analysis, a classification of ferry passengers according to four different functions: gateway tourists; overnight gateway visitors; stopover visitors and destination tourists. These nodal classifications basically comprise two variables: the absolute and relative length of stay in the nodes and the main reason for going there. The analytical framework also takes into consideration the passengers' place of origin: those living within the gateways' catchment areas (the Centre Stage of New Zealand Region - CSNZ); those living in New Zealand but outside the catchment areas; and passengers living overseas. Apart from secondary sources, on-board surveys with ferry passengers and semi-structured interviews with operators in Wellington and Picton are used to collect primary data. What the results show is that some segments of passengers are interested in extending their stay in Wellington and Picton if they had been offered more information about these two nodes or a special deal including the ferry crossing and accommodation in one of the gateways. International passengers are the group of passengers most likely to take advantage of these opportunities as those living in New Zealand are more interested to reach their final destinations and perhaps more familiarised with both nodes, so the incentives would not be very appealing to them. However, local operators were not able to suggest offers/arrangements to engage passing travellers to stop and visit these gateways. This can be attributed to lack of funds and relationship issues between tourism operators, particularly in Picton, and one of the ferry operators. In comparison to Picton that has a smaller destination function, results from this research suggested that gateways with a more developed destination function, such as the case of Wellington, are better prepared to convince traffic passing by to stop and visit them as tourist destination. The existence of more tourist attractions and activities is certainly an incentive to persuade travellers to stay longer in gateways. From the operationalisation of the concepts proposed in this thesis and the results obtained from the questionnaires and interviews, this research concludes that not only nodal functions vary from place to place (e.g. Picton as a small resort town and Wellington as a capital city), but also that these functions evolve throughout time, with seasonal variations also occurring (high vs. low seasons). With regards to the direction passengers are travelling and the influence on travellers' functions, variations are identified only among overnight gateway visitors, with the common pattern being passengers staying overnight before catching up the ferry the following day.</p>

scholarly journals The Influence of Muhammad Abduh in Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-59
Author(s):  
Ahmad Nabil Amir ◽  
Tasnim Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Philosophical Tradition ◽  
Islamic Movements ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Related Data ◽  
Islamic Reform ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Content Analysis Method ◽  
Social Landscape ◽  
Qur'anic Exegesis ◽  
Analytical Approaches

Muhammad Abduh had a remarkably profound and lasting impact in Indonesia. His reformist ideas had a strong repercussion in the political and social landscape of the region. They were readily adopted by major Islamic movements, notably Muhammadiyah, al-Irshad and Persatuan Islam (Persis). Abduh’s Tafsir al-Manar deeply influenced some momentous works of Qur’anic exegesis, such as Tafsir al-Azhar, Tafsir al-Qur’an al-Karim, Tafsir al-Qur’an al-Madjid (Tafsir al-Nur), Tafsir al-Misbah and Tafsir al-Furqan. His Majallat al-Manar, which was planned and collaborated with Rashid Rida since 1898, highly inspired reform-oriented scholarship evident in journals such as al-Munir, and al-Dhakhirah al-Islamiyah. This study aims to analyze the influence of Abduh’s modernism in Indonesia. It attempts to discover the implication of his principle and philosophical tradition in the religious reform and modern movement in Indonesia. The method of study is based on qualitative approaches, using content analysis method. It was conducted based on library method to investigate the related data from primary and secondary sources. The data was analyzed using descriptive-analytical approaches, by way of inference (istisqa’) and deductive (istinbat) method. The paper concluded that Abduh had profound and extensive influence in the Archipelago, especially his impact on Islamic reform and renewal (islah and tajdid) in Indonesia.

scholarly journals Introduction: Diversifying the historiography of bacteriophages

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-538
Author(s):  
Neeraja Sankaran
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Bacterial Viruses ◽  
To Come ◽  
Historical Accounts

The essays in this special issue draw on a bank of diverse primary and secondary sources in different languages, to offer novel perspectives on the different directions that research on or with bacteriophages—bacterial viruses—has evolved over the century since they were first discovered. Looking beyond the established historical accounts of the discovery of the bacteriophages and their role as a tool in founding molecular biology, although these milestones are not ignored, papers in this volume offer insights into other investigative threads and figures that were either previously unknown or under-represented in history. Taken together they show that the bacteriophages have had a far richer and more diverse life in both scientific laboratories and written works than hitherto realized, and that more is yet to come.

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