From Puzzle to Paradigm: A Kuhnian Perspective on Javanese Islam
Drawing on Kuhn’s understanding of scientific paradigms as exemplary ways of problem solving, this article critically assesses the current status of the study of Javanese Islam, in particular the long-standing debate on its nature. Is it a syncretist, animist religion or is it essentially Islamic? A...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2023
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Numen
Année: 2023, Volume: 70, Numéro: 4, Pages: 401-427 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Java
/ Islam
/ Paradigma
/ Ciencias de la religión
/ Historia 1768-2023
/ Orientalismo (Estudios culturales)
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Sciences des religions AD Sociologie des religions BJ Islam KBM Asie TJ Époque moderne TK Époque contemporaine |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Paradigm
B philosophy of science B Religious Studies B Javanese Islam B Javanese studies |
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| Résumé: | Drawing on Kuhn’s understanding of scientific paradigms as exemplary ways of problem solving, this article critically assesses the current status of the study of Javanese Islam, in particular the long-standing debate on its nature. Is it a syncretist, animist religion or is it essentially Islamic? An analysis from a Kuhnian perspective indicates that both stances are actually the outcome of the same standardized theoretical approach. Consequentially, certain phenomena that are usually considered part of the Javanese religious condition now appear as anomalies of a paradigm. They will remain unsolvable, unless different theoretical approaches are developed. Locating a central assumption in the research into non-Western cultures – the universality of religion – is a step in that direction. From there, generating new descriptions and new research questions becomes a possibility. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5276 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Numen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685276-20231700 |