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The relationship between science and religion has regained interest
in the fields of history of science, social studies of science, and
religious studies. An anthropological inquiry into this
relationship takes a different turn from a philosophical or
epistemological approach. An important contribution of an
ethnographic understanding of science and Islam is the ability to
generate a cultural critique of philosophical and religious
assertions. This book examines how Muslim scientists and engineers,
in the global context in which Islam has become an ingredient of
identity discourses, are grappling with competing discourses to
create new technoscientific outlooks.
The Iranian Revolution represented to intellectuals and
professionals the potential of spiritual values to triumph over the
great power of economic imperialism. Yet out of this revolution has
emerged an identity crisis that touches Islamic ideological heights
and reaches down to the very ground of Islamic practice. The
contributors to this collection, experts on Iranian cultural and
political history, analyze the 'fragmented self' of today's
Iranian, refracted through that country's institutions, market
forces, and modern thought. Each essay both deepens our
understanding of contemporary Iran and adds to the broader
discussion of the relationship between Islam and the West.
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