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Muslim politics / Dale F. Eickelman and James Piscatori.
LIBRA DS35.69 .E37 1996
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eickelman, Dale F., 1942-
- Series:
- Princeton studies in Muslim politics
- Princeton studies in Muslim poliics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic countries--Politics and government.
- Islamic countries.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 235 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1996]
- Summary:
- In an attempt to demystify 'Muslim politics' for a wide audience, Dale Eickelman and James Piscatory explore how the politics of Islam play out in the daily lives of Muslims throughout the world. From the role of women in public life to Islamic perspectives on modernization and free speech, the authors probe the diversity of the contemporary Islamic experience, suggesting general trends and challenging popular Western notions of Islam as a monolithic movement. In so doing, they clarify concepts such as tradition, authority, ethnicity, protest, and symbolic space, notions that are crucial to an in-depth understanding of ongoing political events.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691031843
- 0691008701
- OCLC:
- 33132385
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