ISESCO and The International Knowledge Order
This article is representative of the “culturalist” school of thought in political science. Using a paradigm coined by Foucault, numerous faces of power in the international knowledge order are explored. Starting from the assumption that the burden of “cultural gate-keeping’’ rests heavily upon UNES...
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International Institute of Islamic Thought
2001-10-01
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| author | Abdelilah Bouasria |
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| description | This article is representative of the “culturalist” school of thought in
political science. Using a paradigm coined by Foucault, numerous faces
of power in the international knowledge order are explored. Starting
from the assumption that the burden of “cultural gate-keeping’’ rests
heavily upon UNESCO’s shoulder, it is analyzed whether ISESCO
can count as a counter-power. Once the flaws of the comparative
framework that posits ISESCO as a “second UNESCO’ are shown,
an Islamic methodology is used in order to see whether this Islamic
cultural institution represents Islam or simulates it. Such an inquiry
requires a discursive analysis of two institutions that share a common
cultural goal using either the framework of internationalism or that of
the Ummah. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b08914b3233c4ff9adcd4844fdf97b712022-12-21T20:05:33ZengInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtAmerican Journal of Islam and Society2690-37332690-37412001-10-0118410.35632/ajis.v18i4.1982ISESCO and The International Knowledge OrderAbdelilah BouasriaThis article is representative of the “culturalist” school of thought in political science. Using a paradigm coined by Foucault, numerous faces of power in the international knowledge order are explored. Starting from the assumption that the burden of “cultural gate-keeping’’ rests heavily upon UNESCO’s shoulder, it is analyzed whether ISESCO can count as a counter-power. Once the flaws of the comparative framework that posits ISESCO as a “second UNESCO’ are shown, an Islamic methodology is used in order to see whether this Islamic cultural institution represents Islam or simulates it. Such an inquiry requires a discursive analysis of two institutions that share a common cultural goal using either the framework of internationalism or that of the Ummah.https://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1982 |
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