The aim of this lecture is to critically explore the ways in which Futures Studies could help in the development of Islamic Studies. Once upon a time, ‘Islamic Studies’ (in the narrow sense of the word) was limited to certain number of disciplines of interest either to traditional practitioners in seminaries who dealt with it with the epistemic attitude of ‘committed insiders,’ or orientalists who were studying it with the mentality of ‘outsiders’.Today however, Islamic Studies,
Islamic Studies in the light of Future Studies: A Critical Assessment
The aim of this lecture is to critically explore the ways in which Futures Studies could help in the development of Islamic Studies. Once upon a time, ‘Islamic Studies’ (in the narrow sense of the word) was limited to certain number of disciplines of interest either to traditional practitioners in seminaries who dealt with it with the epistemic attitude of ‘committed insiders,’ or orientalists who were studying it with the mentality of ‘outsiders’.Today however, Islamic Studies,