Authority, autonomy and selfhood in Islamic education - a philosophical approach

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• Dr Farah Ahmed
• Tuesday 04 February 2020, 17:00-18:30
• GS1 Faculty of Education, Donald McIntyre Building.

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This paper investigates the philosophical tensions between secular-liberalism and Islam, and reviews Islamic conceptualisations of knowledge, personhood and education, in order to conceptualise shakhsiyah Islamiyah as an authentic and credible form of personal agency within an Islamic worldview. It begins by examining the liberal critique of Islamic education and explores notions of authority and autonomy in Islamic educational theory. It proposes that these tensions exist to varying degrees in all educational practice. Some theoretical work to develop an Islamic understanding of personal autonomy as selfhood is presented and translated into a concept of shakhsiyah Islamiyah. Finally, the possibility of understanding shakhsiyah Islamiyah as a dialogical Muslim-self is explored.

This talk is part of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain Cambridge Branch series.

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