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Islam, Islams and Stratifications: Problematics of Theory, Methodology and Subject Matter

Islam, Islams and Stratifications: Problematics of Theory, Methodology and Subject Matter

Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781466697317|ISBN10: 1466697318|EISBN13: 9781466697324
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9731-7.ch001
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Hasan Shahpari and Tahereh Alavi Hojjat. "Islam, Islams and Stratifications: Problematics of Theory, Methodology and Subject Matter." Islamic Economy and Social Mobility: Cultural and Religious Considerations, IGI Global, 2016, pp.1-26. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9731-7.ch001

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H. Shahpari & T. Hojjat (2016). Islam, Islams and Stratifications: Problematics of Theory, Methodology and Subject Matter. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9731-7.ch001

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Hasan Shahpari and Tahereh Alavi Hojjat. "Islam, Islams and Stratifications: Problematics of Theory, Methodology and Subject Matter." In Islamic Economy and Social Mobility: Cultural and Religious Considerations. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9731-7.ch001

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Abstract

Research on the complexities of Islamic societies under the rubric of “Developing or transitional Countries” do not address their socio-economic statuses, the structure of Muslims' social actions, their struggles in the process of transition, and their domestic social mobilities in the modern stratified globalized world. For the purpose of disclosure of complexity, the sociological notion of universality of stratification and functionalism, from the traditional view and modern structural-functionalism, are addressed in detail to explore the conditions, means, and ends from both a theoretical view and empirical findings. Attention to history, culture, politics, and religion, as well as status groups such as the ‘ulama and Shi'ite-Sunni Islam and scientific aspirations induces novel uses of Talcott Parsons' action theory and Max Weber's interactionism. In terms of methodology, the focal point of this chapter is to try to overcome idealistic empiricism and positivism as fractional legacies of non-interpretive tenets of economics and sociology.

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