ISBN:
9781137380647
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (229 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
The Modern Muslim World
Series Statement:
The Modern Muslim World Ser.
Parallel Title:
Print version Politics of Modern Muslim Subjectivities : Islam, Youth, and Social Activism in the Middle East
DDC:
305.6970956
Keywords:
Middle East-Politics and governm
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
〈p 〉Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity, as well as the results of extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Jordan
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "We Have a Collective Vision to Build Our Society"; Part I Theoretical and Analytical Framework: Understanding Islamic History with the Help of Social Theory; 1 Modernity, Successive Modernities, and the Formation of the Modern Subject; 2 Modern Religion, Religious Organizations, and Religious Social Action; 3 Islamic Reform and the Construction of Modern Muslim Subjectivities; Part II Politics of Muslim Subjectivities in Jordan; 4 State and Islam in Jordan: The Contested Islamic Modern
Description / Table of Contents:
5 Charities and Social Welfare Organizations in Jordan: Negotiating the Islamic Modern6 Charity and the Construction of Modern Muslim Subjectivities in Jordan; Part III Politics of Muslim Subjectivities in Egypt; 7 State and Islam in Egypt: Competing Models of Organized Modernity; 8 New Youth Organizations in Egypt: Charity and the "Muslim Professional"; 9 Leaders, Organizers, and Volunteers: Encountering Idiosyncratic Forms of Subjectivities; Conclusions; Notes; References; Index
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