POL303Y5 Lecture 2: POL 303F- LEC 2
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Topic: explaining islamic activism: culture talk vs. socio-political context i. Common theories used to explain islamist religio-political movements: (cid:374)ot (cid:272)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)ed i(cid:374) (cid:396)eadi(cid:374)g (cid:271)ut the(cid:455)"(cid:396)e theo(cid:396)ies that (cid:449)e""ll see come up in our readings. Main point: understand the range of perspective in understanding islamist religio- political movements: most prominent perspectives. Culture talk is a phrase she took f(cid:396)o(cid:373) the (cid:396)eadi(cid:374)g (cid:862)good musli(cid:373), (cid:271)ad musli(cid:373)(cid:863) Presumption that you can boil down a culture to certain things that you deem are central to their culture. Define a people by an essence- every person of that culture is supposed to have. 1. 1 culture talk: prominent explanations rooted in cultural essence; Its deterministic- you act in that way because of your culture. A canadian will act in a certain way because of his culture. Very often religion is said to be the cultural essence. Religion is often said to be the essential element of any culture. This is how she defines culture talk.
