Acceptance of Modern Science by 'Ulama' and Historical Structure of Muslim Society: Phenomenological Sociology of Faith and Science

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24650577
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: AKUTSU Masayuki 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 研究員 (10626188)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 信仰と科学 / 宗教と社会 / 東南アジアのイスラーム / 中東のイスラーム / イスラームと市民社会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The spirit for integrating religious faith and science, which was the basis of prosperous Arab-Islamic civilization in the past, has been inherited in today’s Indonesia. From religious intellectual ('Ulama') to person on the street have been deeply concerned with the construction of contemporary society relying on traditional faith. So Indonesia receives the full benefit of Muslim civil society today. In Egypt contrary, such historical spirit is faced with the extinction, so modern science and contemporary society are regarded as alien to traditional faith. Symbolic difference between both countries are admitted by this comparative and interdisciplinary method.

Free Research Field

地域研究、歴史学、社会学