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Introducing the Journal

Introducing the Journal concepts, with little evidence of social analysis or moral critique. Such diversified discourses function in isolation from each other. And yet, each element (and many more) reflects only a portion of the fuller picture. What results is a series of truncated discourses, each peddling its o w n grasp of wisdom, with none respecting the complexity of the question. Clearly, the task is too large for any one (sub-)discipline. There is a further problem. T h e specialization of scholarship in every branch of learning is such that non-experts retire from the debate out of fear, and even the most versatile scholars scarcely ever move beyond the limits of their own (sub-)discipline. T h e tendency to escape into specialization results in evading the respon sibility of engagement with the wider world, with the excuse that even crit ical moral questions must be left to the specialist. T h e concerned individual nevertheless is left with the imperative of judging. In devising an appropriate methodology for investigating a situation which has multiple elements we have something to learn from the world of nature, and in particular from two of the principles of Q u a n t u http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Holy Land Studies Edinburgh University Press

Introducing the Journal

Prior, Michael; Masalha, Nur
Holy Land Studies , Volume 1 (1): 5 – Sep 1, 2002
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Edinburgh University Press
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© The Continuum Publishing Group Ltd 2002
ISSN
1474-9475
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1750-0125
DOI
10.3366/hls.2002.0001
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concepts, with little evidence of social analysis or moral critique. Such diversified discourses function in isolation from each other. And yet, each element (and many more) reflects only a portion of the fuller picture. What results is a series of truncated discourses, each peddling its o w n grasp of wisdom, with none respecting the complexity of the question. Clearly, the task is too large for any one (sub-)discipline. There is a further problem. T h e specialization of scholarship in every branch of learning is such that non-experts retire from the debate out of fear, and even the most versatile scholars scarcely ever move beyond the limits of their own (sub-)discipline. T h e tendency to escape into specialization results in evading the respon sibility of engagement with the wider world, with the excuse that even crit ical moral questions must be left to the specialist. T h e concerned individual nevertheless is left with the imperative of judging. In devising an appropriate methodology for investigating a situation which has multiple elements we have something to learn from the world of nature, and in particular from two of the principles of Q u a n t u

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Holy Land Studies – Edinburgh University Press

Published: Sep 1, 2002

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