European philology externalized Islamic traditions into a museum past

Evidence

Whereas in the native soil the discursive-cum-applied traditions would be absorbed post eventum into the fold as integral to communal memory, they were, at the hands of European philology, not only externalized (psychologically and epistemically) but also lodged in the world of the historical past as irrelevant, save for the scholarly curiosity that aims to “understand” that “museum-situated” culture. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 954 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: European Turcology scholars reconstructed the pre-Islamic Turkish past — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans: Interpreting…, 2011; European philology externizeralized Islamic traditions into an irrelevant museum piece. — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 954; Arabic literary study was reorganized around European-origin decline narratives

Broader Connections

• European philology externizeralized Islamic traditions into an irrelevant museum piece. #corroborates (0.97) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 954