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Dualism, Perception and World View

In: Studies in Islamic Science and Polity

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  • Masudul Alam Choudhury

    (University College of Cape Breton)

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Our objectives in this chapter are first, to point out that dualism, perception and world view have substantive meanings of their own. These in turn are instrumental in the development of theory constructs and institutional in frameworks. We will show that dualism and perception are the basis of occidentalism and are opposed to the precept of world view. Second, the world view construct is substantively defined by what will be termed unification epistemology. This premise will be shown to have a critical place in the understanding, development and perpetuation of the Islamic world view. Thus, once formalised and institutionalised in such an order, unification epistemology plays the key role in the realisation of the world view. The all-pervasive institution of Shura, the Islamic consultative agency, is then shown to assume meaning and to govern a uniquely universal process in the domain of knowledge. This process will be described here as the Shuratic process.

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  • Masudul Alam Choudhury, 1998. "Dualism, Perception and World View," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Studies in Islamic Science and Polity, chapter 1, pages 1-35, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37803-2_1
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230378032_1
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