My user name, ἐπερωτῶν, comes from a Greek verb meaning to question, inquire, consult. I like to question statements, inquire into subjects, and consult the sources.
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Though I'm an engineer by trade, my editing interests lie mainly in the humanities and social sciences. I'm currently concentrating on Islam-related articles, since many important ones among them have much room for improvement. My goal is to use the best modern scholarship and in this way reflect the complexity of the Islamic civilization, educating myself in the process. In other words, I found an excuse to read a few books I've been wanting to read for a long time.
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Certainly I think it is incumbent upon us to complicate and/or dismantle the reductive formulae and the abstract but potent kind of thought that leads the mind away from concrete human history and experience and into the realms of ideological fiction, metaphysical confrontation, and collective passion.
