070901P - EPISTEMOLOGY OF DISCIPLINES RELATED TO PUBLIC LIFE

Outline for discussion at a Workshop on Epistemology held at Dhaka on September 1, 2007 by Professor Omar Hasan Kasule MB ChB (MUK), MPH (Harvard), DrPH (Harvard) Professor of Epidemiology and Islamic Medicine University Brunei and Visiting Professor of Epidemiology University Malaya

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Disciplines relating to public life reflect practical pragmatic experiences. There are shariah guidelines for these disciplines but they do not go into details. In general these disciplines are treated under the rubric of siyasat shar’iyyat. It seems that theory follows practice which complicates epistemological analysis.

2.0 POLITICAL SCIENCE

2.1 Definition and classification

2.2 Historical development

2.3 Research Methods

2.4 Islamic Epistemological critique of basic concepts and paradigms

2.5 Islamic Epistemological introduction to the discipline

2.6 Role of fiqh al ahkaam al sultaniyyat

3.0 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

3.1 Definition and classification

3.2 Historical development

3.3 Research Methods

3.4 Islamic Epistemological critique of basic concepts and paradigms

3.5 Islamic Epistemological introduction to the discipline

3.6 Role of fiqh al ahkaam al sultaniyyat

4.0 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

4.1 Definition and classification

4.2 Historical development

4.3 Research Methods

4.4 Islamic Epistemological critique of basic concepts and paradigms

4.5 Islamic Epistemological introduction to the discipline

4.6 Role of fiqh al ahkaam al sultaniyyat

5.0 LAW

5.1 Definition and classification

5.2 Historical development

5.3 Research Methods

5.4 Islamic Epistemological critique of basic concepts and paradigms

5.5 Islamic Epistemological introduction to the discipline

5.6 Role of fiqh al ahkaam al sultaniyyat