Indegeneity of knowledge: criteria for universalisation

• Main Author: Farooqui, Jamil
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Serial Publications 2012
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HM1 Sociology (General and theoretical)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/27590/2/27590.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/27590/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Knowledge, as a matter of fact, should be universal, applicable, at least, to the most situations but it is seldom possible in case of knowledge about human and social world. It is said that knowledge is, to a great extent, conditioned by existential conditions. This is apparent when the relevance a...