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Dualism, perception and world view

Masudul Alam Choudhury

pp. 1-35

Abstract

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.

Publication details

Published in:

Alam Choudhury Masudul (1998) Studies in islamic science and polity. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 1-35

DOI: 10.1057/9780230378032_1

Full citation:

Alam Choudhury Masudul (1998) Dualism, perception and world view, In: Studies in islamic science and polity, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 1–35.