ABSTRACT

This article problematises the marketisation of Islam in Bangladesh and the relationship between neo-liberal economic policies and the resurgence of a certain kind of Islamic religiosity in the country. Based on the findings of three field studies that employed a multi-method approach, the article analyses the macro-cultural impacts of development as well as highlights the embedded, nuanced, and complex set of economic and political relationships that appear to fuel social inequality and engender inequitable distribution and growth. Empirical findings identify the implementation of development policies based on client-patron relations as the main problematic precursor. The findings suggest such relations facilitate an ongoing marginalisation of minority groups, in which ‘othering’ among the equals emerge as a cemented outcome. The findings further suggest the outcomes move across social groups and are in transit and under negotiation, becoming braided with adverse impact on Bangla language, Bengali cultures, the country’s advanced education sector, and the overall ability for Bangladeshis to think critically and produce and sustain social relations. Evidence also indicates Bengali cultures appear to become increasingly embedded in a number of rituals in the name of Islamic principles and philosophy. The article refers to this phenomenon as the ‘great’ transformation of contemporary Bangladesh.

摘要

本文对孟加拉国伊斯兰教的市场化以及新自由主义经济政策与该国某种伊斯兰教信仰的复兴之间的关系提出了问题。基于采用多方法方法的三项实地研究的结果，本文分析了发展的宏观文化影响，并强调了似乎助长了社会不平等和造成分配不均和增长不均。实证结果表明，基于客户与顾客关系的发展政策的实施是主要的问题前兆。研究结果表明，这种关系促进了少数群体的持续边缘化，其中平等者之间的“他者”作为一种巩固的结果出现。调查结果进一步表明，结果会跨越社会群体，正在过渡和谈判中，对孟加拉语、孟加拉文化、该国的先进教育部门以及孟加拉人批判性思考、产生和维持社会的整体能力产生不利影响。关系。证据还表明，孟加拉文化似乎越来越多地以伊斯兰原则和哲学的名义融入许多仪式。文章将这种现象称为当代孟加拉国的“伟大”转变。以及孟加拉国人批判性思考、产生和维持社会关系的整体能力。证据还表明，孟加拉文化似乎越来越多地以伊斯兰原则和哲学的名义融入许多仪式。文章将这种现象称为当代孟加拉国的“伟大”转变。以及孟加拉国人批判性思考、产生和维持社会关系的整体能力。证据还表明，孟加拉文化似乎越来越多地以伊斯兰原则和哲学的名义融入许多仪式。文章将这种现象称为当代孟加拉国的“伟大”转变。