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[ecrea] Call for Papers: Intellectuals, `Islam' and Modernity
Thu Jul 30 20:00:47 GMT 2009
Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication Call For Papers
Intellectuals, 'Islam' and Modernity
All too often, studying 'Islam' and 'Muslims' resembles stamp
collecting, carrying the danger of putting together pieces of
information without considering the broader context. Associated
with this perceived and constructed 'singular community' is the
idea that Muslims form a cultural unity, based upon a common
cultural core that only the Orientalist is equipped to decipher.
Furthermore, the 'debate' about 'Islam' and 'Muslims' is
overshadowed by false binaries and a very narrow optic of
'modernization' dichotomies: modernity v tradition, Islam v West and
secularism v religious fundamentalism. Such binaries suppress the
diversity of histories, cultures, struggles and aspirations, and
conceal real 'divides'.
This forthcoming issue of MEJCC welcomes contributions which trouble
the provincialism of perceived 'universal' theory of culture and
identity, drawing attention to the multivalent and multi-local
characteristics of culture whilst highlighting the necessity, once
again, of the need and the possibilities of going beyond the false
binaries, of speaking with a 'third voice' and of recognizing the
polyphonic and diverse character of the 'Muslim Other'. A major
concern of this issue is to document and critically analyze
contemporary intellectual discourse emerging about 'Islam' and
'Muslims' through an exploration of the relationship between
intellectual history, political philosophy and social theory. We
intend to publish a number of essays on this topic and suggest
various themes, amongst others, which might be considered:
1- Contemporary intellectual discourse in the Muslim World:
Responses to modernity
2- Contemporary thought in the Muslim World and the question
of historicity
3- New articulations of 'culture' and 'identity' in Middle
Eastern thought
4- Positioning Islam and Muslims in contemporary Western
intellectual/literary/media discourse
5- Re-thinking the impact of imperialism and capitalism on
cultures in the Muslim World
6- Islamic cultures and the question of modernity
7- Muslim diaspora in the West and the politics of identity
8- Rehearsing alternatives to Western-centric articulations
of the 'modern'
9- Resistance, subcultures and new forms of artistic
expression in the Muslim World
10- Intellectuals, communication, and culture in the Muslim World
11- Religious intellectuals, state intellectuals and
political philosophy in the Muslim World
12- The impact of cultural salafism on intellectual discourse
in the Muslim World
13- Intellectuals and the internet in the Muslim World
Abstracts should be no more than 300 words long. They should be
submitted to both Gholam Khiabany ((g.khiabany /at/ londonmet.ac.uk)) and
Tarik Sabry ((sabryt /at/ wmin.ac.uk)) by the 22nd of September 2009. The
deadline for completed papers is the 25th of March 2010.
Articles should be 6000-7000 words long and include an abstract of
not more than 150 words that clearly defines the nature of the
article. Up to five keywords should be included to identify the article.
Please note that all articles will be subject to our peer review
process and that the Editors retain the discretion at all stages of
the publication process to accept or reject an article.
MEJCC is published by Brill. The first issue of the Journal can be
accessed free at <www.brill.htm>www.brill.nl/mjcc.
Dr. Tarik Sabry
Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication Theory Co-Editor Middle
East Journal of Culture and Communication Arab Media Centre, CAMRI
University of Westminster Watford Road, Harrow HA1 3 TP, UK
Tel: +44-(0)20-7911 5000, ext. 4287(office)
Email: (sabryt /at/ wmin.ac.uk)
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