‘Islamic fatalism’: life and suffering among Bangladeshi psychiatric patients and their families in London – an interview study 2

An interview study of 44 Bangladeshi patients and relatives in eastern London demonstrated frequent appeals to God and deprecation of personal agency. This paper offers an interpretation of this apparent ‘fatalism’, which argues for the logical downplaying of human agency and ambition in archaic Ara...

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Autores principales: Littlewood, Roland, Dein, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4095941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24670160
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2013.853598
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spelling pubmed-40959412014-07-28 ‘Islamic fatalism’: life and suffering among Bangladeshi psychiatric patients and their families in London – an interview study 2 Littlewood, Roland Dein, Simon Anthropol Med Research Article An interview study of 44 Bangladeshi patients and relatives in eastern London demonstrated frequent appeals to God and deprecation of personal agency. This paper offers an interpretation of this apparent ‘fatalism’, which argues for the logical downplaying of human agency and ambition in archaic Arabia, contemporary rural Sylhet and among first generation Sylheti migrants in London. Taylor & Francis 2013-11-15 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4095941/ /pubmed/24670160 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13648470.2013.853598 Text en © 2013 The Author(s). Published by Taylor & Francis. http://www.informaworld.com/mpp/uploads/iopenaccess_tcs.pdf This is an open access article distributed under the Supplemental Terms and Conditions for iOpenAccess articles published in Taylor & Francis journals (http://www.informaworld.com/mpp/uploads/iopenaccess_tcs.pdf) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted.
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