Toward Islamic Anthropology: Definition, Dogma, and Directions (Islamization of Knowledge Series)

by Akbar Ahmed

This book, Toward Islamic Anthropology: Definition, Dogma and Direction, is a valuable prerequisite for the study and assessment of Western anthropology from a "universal" or Islamic perspective. Dr. Akbar Ahmed, author of this work, contends that Western Anthropology offers the Islamic scholar a body of knowledge worthy of merit, but which is, unfortunately, laden with conclusions based on cultural presumptions, misinformation and ethnocentrism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0912463058
• ISBN13: 9780912463056
• Release Date: October 1989
• Publisher: International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 0.3" x 6.8"