Ways of knowing Muslim cultures and societies : studies in honour of Gudrun Krämer / edited by Bettina Gräf [and four others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gräf, Bettina, editor.

Krämer, Gudrun, honouree.

Series:

Social, economic, and political studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 1385-3376 v. 122.

Social, Economic, and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia, 1385-3376 ; Volume 122

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic civilization--History.

Islamic civilization.

Islamic civilization--20th century.

Islamic civilization--21st century.

History.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

liii, 496 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2019]

Summary:

This volume showcases a variety of innovative approaches to the study of Muslim societies and cultures, inspired by and honouring Gudrun Krämer and her role in transforming the landscape of Islamic Studies. With contributions from scholars from around the world, the articles cover an extraordinarily wide geographical scope across a broad timeline, with transdisciplinary perspectives and a historically informed focus on contemporary phenomena. The wide-ranging subjects covered include among others a "men in headscarves" campaign in Iran, an Islamic call-in radio programme in Mombassa, a refugee-related court case in Berlin, the Arab revolutions and aftermath from various theoretical perspectives, Ottoman family photos, Qurʾān translation in South Asia, and words that can't be read.

Contents:

Part 1 Islamic Studies Inside Out

1 Between Europe and Asia: Arabic and Islamic Studies in Imperial Russia p. 3 / Alexander Knysh

2 Kairo 1869 - Eine historische Collage p. 27 / Reinhard Schulze

Part 2 Empires, Corporations, and Nations

3 Muhammad Rashid Rida's Reformist Project to Establish a True Caliphate: Prospects and Challenges p. 55 / Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk

4 Ottoman Corporatism, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries: Beyond the State-Society Paradigm in Middle Eastern History p. 81 / Johann Büssow and Astrid Meier

5 Family Portraits: Visual Sources for a Social History of the Late Ottoman Empire p. 111 / Elke Hartmann

6 The Position of Philosophy in the Late Ottoman Educational Reforms p. 132 / M. Sait Özervarli

Part 3 Islam, Ethics, and Languages

7 Pratique religieuse et comportement moral p. 147 / Abdou Filali-Ansary

8 The Emerging Field of Ethics in the Context of Modern Egypt p. 157 / Mutaz al-Khatib

9 Religion as Discourse: Conversion and Commitment toJihad in South Africa p. 181 / Abdulkader Tayob

Part 4 Media Perspectives and Material Approaches

10 From the Pocketbook to Facebook: Maktabat Wahba, Publishing, and Political Ideas in Cairo since the 1940s p. 223 / Bettina Gräf

11 Reading between the Lines: Arabic Script, Islamic Calligraphy, and the Question of Legibility p. 246 / Alina Kokoschka

12 Dimensions of "Giving Voice:" Discursive Agency and Intellectual Practice on Swahili Islamic Radio, in Mombasa 2005-2006 p. 265 / Kai Kresse

13 Shah Wali Allah of Delhi, His Successors, and the Qur'an p. 280 / Muhammad Qasim Zaman

Part 5 The Politics of Body and Gender

14 #ItsMensTurn: Of Hashtags and Shi'i Discourses in Iran p. 301 / Katajun Amirpur

15 Contested Genderscapes: Islamic Languages of Women's Rights in the Arab Region p. 310 / Bettina Dennerlein

16 On Coming to Grips with Turkish Oil Wrestling: Conceptualising Muscular Islam and Islamic Martial Arts p. 327 / Birgit Krawietz

Part 6 Dominant Minorities and Dominant Majorities

17 Domination, Resilience, and Power: Religious Minorities in the Imperial and Post-Imperial Middle East p. 357 / Hamit Bozarslan

18 Carving Out a Space for Equal Political Citizenship? Muslim Politics of Remembrance in Uganda p. 376 / Dorothea E. Schulz

Part 7 Arab Revolutions and Their Impact on Research about the Middle East

19 Understanding Transformation, Elite Change, and New Social Mobilisation in the Arab World: An Actor-Centred and Policy-Oriented Research Project p. 397 / Muriel Asseburg

20 Understanding Politics in Egypt "From Below" p. 411 / Cilja Harders

Part 8 Muslims Inside Out

21 Recognition and its Traps in Liberal Secular Conditions: The Case of Muslims in Europe p. 427 / Schirin Amir-Moazami

22 The Refugee and the Dog p. 441 / Ruth Mas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004377549

9789004377547

OCLC:

1080976216