believing women in islam a brief introduction asma barlas

Do philosophers regard themselves as being exceptionally well-suited to the enterprise of bridge-building between the ‘imagined geographies’ 1 of East and West? And, if this is not a throwback to the old orientalist binary between Islam and the West, then why allude to the Bosphorus? Also, what sorts of bridges can one build if one starts with some problematical assumptions? Lastly, I am not sure what to make of the seminars’ tag line, ‘philosophers bridge the Bosphorus’.

This is because politics constitutes the ideological terrain on which unequal power relationships, of gender, race and class, get played out which means that little is ever pre- or non-political. Certainly, I would argue just the reverse, that struggles for justice and rights occur in arenas that are always political. Similarly, the seminars’ definition of claims to justice, economic decision-making and Muslim women’s rights as the ‘pre-political conditions for democracy’ forecloses other ways to talk about the political. All subjects Allied Health Cardiology & Cardiovascular Medicine Dentistry Emergency Medicine & Critical Care Endocrinology & Metabolism Environmental Science General Medicine Geriatrics Infectious Diseases Medico-legal Neurology Nursing Nutrition Obstetrics & Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care Pediatrics Pharmacology & Toxicology Psychiatry & Psychology Public Health Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine Radiology Research Methods & Evaluation Rheumatology Surgery Tropical Medicine Veterinary Medicine Cell Biology Clinical Biochemistry Environmental Science Life Sciences Neuroscience Pharmacology & Toxicology Biomedical Engineering Engineering & Computing Environmental Engineering Materials Science Anthropology & Archaeology Communication & Media Studies Criminology & Criminal Justice Cultural Studies Economics & Development Education Environmental Studies Ethnic Studies Family Studies Gender Studies Geography Gerontology & Aging Group Studies History Information Science Interpersonal Violence Language & Linguistics Law Management & Organization Studies Marketing & Hospitality Music Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution Philosophy Politics & International Relations Psychoanalysis Psychology & Counseling Public Administration Regional Studies Religion Research Methods & Evaluation Science & Society Studies Social Work & Social Policy Sociology Special Education Urban Studies & Planning BROWSE JOURNALS

Believing women in islam a brief introduction asma barlas