Secular Critique in an Islamic Society

伊斯兰社会中的世俗批判

• 批准号: 0719983
• 负责人: Veena Das
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: Johns Hopkins University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-09-01 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0719983&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Secular; Critique; Islamic; Society

Under the supervision of Dr. Veena Das, graduate student Joseph Andrew Bush will undertake a study of secularism and political critique in a Muslim society. His research will be carried on in the Kurdish city of Suleimani, Iraq. This is a suitable site for the research because the city has a long tradition of Kurdish poets who identify themselves as Muslims, but strive to become non-practicing Muslims by separating themselves from some Islamic traditions. They use poetry and prose articles in newspapers to ply their critique of social norms that others defend as Islamic traditions. Bush will use a combination of qualitative, ethnographic research methods. He will interview employees at three Kurdish media institutions; collect critical prose documents from archives; carry out intensive participant observations with a select group of Kurdish poets; attend and observe conferences; and do a content analysis of school textbooks. The research is important because it will be one of the first social science studies of how secularism is practiced and maintained in a Muslim society. It will contribute significantly to the education of a social scientist who also is learning two critical languages, Arabic and Kurdish, in order to carry out the research.

在Veena Das博士的监督下，研究生约瑟夫·安德鲁·布什（Joseph Andrew Bush）将在穆斯林社会中对世俗主义和政治批评进行研究。他的研究将在伊拉克的库尔德市Suleimani进行。这是一个合适的研究场所，因为这座城市拥有库尔德诗人的悠久传统，他们将自己识别为穆斯林，但通过将自己与某些伊斯兰传统分开来努力成为非实践的穆斯林。他们在报纸上使用诗歌和散文文章来批评他人作为伊斯兰传统的社会规范。 布什将结合定性的民族志研究方法。他将在三家库尔德媒体机构的员工面试；从档案中收集关键的散文文件；与一群库尔德诗人一起进行密集的参与者观察；参加并观察会议；并对学校教科书进行内容分析。这项研究很重要，因为它将是关于在穆斯林社会中如何实践和维持世俗主义的第一批社会科学研究之一。它将为社会科学家的教育做出重大贡献，他还学习两种关键语言，即阿拉伯语和库尔德语，以进行研究。