On the discursive and methodological categorisation of islam and muslims in the west: Ontological and epistemological considerations Mansouri, Fethi 2020, On the discursive and methodological categorisation of islam and muslims in the west: Ontological and epistemological considerations, Religions, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1-17, doi: 10.3390/rel11100501. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title On the discursive and methodological categorisation of islam and muslims in the west: Ontological and epistemological considerations Author(s) Mansouri, Fethi orcid.org/0000-0002-4120-9391 Journal name Religions Volume number 11 Issue number 10 Start page 1 End page 17 Total pages 17 Publisher MDPI Place of publication Basel, Switzerland Publication date 2020 ISSN 2077-1444 Keyword(s) Muslim migrants reporting/representing Islam epistemological bias social categorisation methodological reductionism Summary This article reflects on the ethical and epistemological challenges facing researchers engaged in contemporary studies of Islam and Muslims in the West. Particularly, it focuses on the impact of the constructions and categorisations of Muslims and Islam in research. To do this, it considers the entwinement of public discourses and the development of research agendas and projects. To examine this complex and enmeshed process, this article explores ideological, discursive and epistemological approaches that it argues researchers need to consider. In invoking these three approaches alongside an analysis of a collection of recent research, this article contends that questions of race, religion and politics have been deployed to reinforce, rather than challenge, certain essentialist/orientalist representations of Islam and Muslims in the West in research. As this article shows, this practice is increasingly threatening to compromise, in a Habermasian communicative sense (i.e., the opportunity to speak and be heard for all concerned), the ethical and epistemological underpinnings of social science research with its emphasis on inclusion and respect. Language eng DOI 10.3390/rel11100501 Indigenous content off Field of Research 2204 Religion and Religious Studies HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30144441 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 26 Oct 2020, 07:16:43 EST Tue, 27 Oct 2020, 04:01:43 EST Tue, 27 Oct 2020, 07:04:15 EST Thu, 05 Nov 2020, 05:03:57 EST Thu, 05 Nov 2020, 11:04:33 EST Thu, 05 Nov 2020, 11:05:53 EST Thu, 05 Nov 2020, 13:27:00 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 31 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 26 Oct 2020, 07:16:43 EST

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