Scholars violating citation norms while demanding textual rigor expose rhetorical inconsistency

Evidence

Maracci provides a prefatory life of Muhammad, followed by an academic introduction to the Qur’an, both in the modern manner. In his prefatory note, he explains that he utilises Muslim authors, not because he thinks them sincere, but because ‘when we act against the enemies of religion, we attack them more happily with their own arms than with ours, and (thus) more happily overcome them’. In fact, Maracci’s scholarship is not disinterested; his purpose is polemic, but he has mastered the new technique. — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1700 (#complicates, via linked claim)

This is a text, accordingly, free of footnotes or explicitly referenced intra-textual citations. Which is different than saying there are no references, or better yet reference points, allusions, conversational interjections. The book is conceived in conversation, with many texts, multiple voices, various expressions of opinion. A bibliography of works consulted, conspired with or against, critically taken up or cast aside, follows each chapter. Where I suggest in passing within the flow of a chapter’s argument that so-and-so says such-and-such the general reference will be included in the chapter’s bibliography. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 30 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Treatise authors and courts mutually reinforced each other through reciprocal citation — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3602; Scholarship can dispense with footnotes and remain rigorous through allusion and bibliography; Scholarly citation conventions can be replaced by conversational allusion — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 30 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Polemical intent can coexist with rigorous textual scholarship #complicates (0.78) — Norman Daniel, Islam and the West, 1700
• Scholarly citation conventions can be replaced by conversational allusion #complicates (0.75) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 30