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 CONTEI\TS
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INTRODUCTION ix
CONTRIBUTORS xiii

CHAPTER 1
,ISLAMIC
PERSPECTIVEOF SOCIOLOGY AND
ANTHROPOLOGY A DEFINITION
t* Hazizal Md. Noon

CHAPTER 2 I7
SOOOLOGICAL THEORIZING AND ITS
ISLAMIC BASES
rr* Jamil Farooqui

CHAPTER3 . t3
ISLAMIC ANTHROPOLOGICAL THEORY
+ Ahmad Abdul Rahim M. Nasr

CHAPTER 4 93
SCIENTIFIC METHODOLOGY AND
ISLAMIC ETHICS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH
+ RohaizaRokis

CTIAPTER 5
AN ISLAMIC PERSPECTIVEOF CULTURE:
A PRELIMINARY VIE\$T
+ Khairil Azhat Md Yassinand Mohd 'Adlan bin Mohd Shariffirddin

CHAPTER 6 r49
SOCIAL STRUCTURE: ITS CONCEPTUALIZATION
VITH SOMERIFLECTIONS FROM AN ISLAMIC
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sociologistsfrom the very beginning are engagedin someparadoxical 3. To gain
debatesand discussionson the concept of social structure, and as such '
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havegeneratedsignfficantattentionon it. Although afew sociologistsand ln order to achieve
anthropologistsoften wanted to use a dffirent connotation
for the term questionsto answer: .
'social
structure', yet the discussiondid not deviatefrom the main thematic social smrctwe
1' What is
conceptualizations.Individuals from the very beginning of human sociefi'
the maior tha
liued in communitieswith distinct and essentialsocial institutions and 2. What are
various typesof social organizationsto interact among tltemselves,therebl. 3. What is Islamic PersP
constituting a social structure. Ilhen a social structure comprises the P
4' What is the Islamic
social-behavioral roles of the individuals in society, and the interactit'e- so'-t
it relate to human
process of various groups and institutions, it is not always true to beliete
that it is constantly stable and well-integrated. It often gets modified
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frequently, and becomesflexible becauseof its changing dimension in the *i1IT
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functional process of the society.For that reason, social structures of all
societies do not always seem to be similar, nor do social structures of
modfl(
societiesremain staticfor all times and situations. Sociologistsoften applt been slightly
a comparativeoutlook in contextualizingdffirent typesof social structures
from dffirent perspectives,and accordingly, this paper criticaily reviews
the various viewpoints. when the conceptof social structure 1 Introduction
focuses on
patterned social arrangements to form the complex relationships, Islam have alrra)-s
tallrsabout humansocietyfrom a holisticperspectiveseekingto build social Sociologists con
and central
life that will be worth living. wite looking at social structure *ti"*l*t
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occidentalperspective,we do not usually conceptualizeits meaning,as ms
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portrayed in Islam. This chapter, therefore, is an attempt to analyze the "riJt"tt"t of so;
conceptual clarification of the term social structure lo"* the concept it see
from a socio- It'nougn aPParentlY to b
anthropologicalperspective,and then make a reflective view of it of fact'
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Islamic perspective.
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for a PaPer
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of soc
evidencedin the writings of many prominent sociologistsand The concePt
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