Slater, Angus M. (2016) Khaled Abou El Fadl’s methodology of reform: law, tradition, and resisting the State. Journal of Law, Religion and State, 4 (3). pp. 293-321. Full text not available from this repository.
(Contact the author)Abstract
Contemporary Islamic legal scholar, Khaled Abou El Fadl, proposes a coherent methodology for the narration of individually formed discourses within the Islamic community against their sublimation by both authoritarian fundamentalism and liberal relativism. In examining his work, this article identifies a tripartite methodology involving a process of de-legitimization for the current hegemonic narrative, a re-presentation of plurality both possible and existent, and an evaluation of this plurality in light of the broader tradition. Abou El Fadl’s work serves as the building block of a political and social form of resistance to the homogenization of identity and meaning within society, which allows for the narration of alternative discourses to those that are currently hegemonic, whether within the state as a whole or within a religious or social tradition. This resistance, brought about through the author’s structural methodology, aims to offer insights for the development of a notion of state-individual negotiation and identity formation.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal / Publication Title: | Journal of Law, Religion and State |
| Publisher: | Brill Academic Publishers |
| ISSN: | 2212-4810 |
| Departments: | Academic Departments > Institute of Arts (IOA) > Humanities |
| Additional Information: | Angus M. Slater is a PhD student in the Department of Religious Studies & Theology, University of Cumbria, UK. |
| Depositing User: | Anna Lupton |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2017 09:33 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Jan 2024 16:02 |
| URI: | https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/2878 |
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