Toward Islamic Anthropology DEFINITION, DOGMA, AND DIRECTIONS Akbar S. Ahmed Director General, National Center for Rural Development, and Director, Center of Social Sciences and Humanities, University Grants Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan International Institute of Islamic Thought Herndon, Virginia, U.S.A. 1406 A.H.11986 A.C. Contents PART ONE I. Introduction: Page A. The Science of Anthropology B. Anthropology and Other Sciences of Man C. Anthropology and the Colonial Encounter 11. Anthropological Fieldwork 111. Theoretical Frames in Western Anthropology A. Social Structure B. Kinship and Political Organization C. Beliefs, Magic and Religion D. Economic Anthropology E. Processes of Social Change IV. The Orientalist Anthropologist PART TWO V. Islamic Anthropology A. The Problem of Definition B. Muslim Societies C. Society During the Time of the Prophet VI. Conclusion A. Recommendations B . Conclusion
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