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Encounters with Islam : studies in the anthropology of Muslim cultures / Lawrence Rosen, Princeton University

Rosen, Lawrence, 1941- [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Cambridge ; New York, NY ; Port Melbourne ; New Delhi ; Singapore : Cambridge University Press, 2023

xii, 198 Seiten : Illustrationen

Englisch

Introduction: Theme and Variation in the Encounter of Cultures -- Part I. Expressive -- 1. Choice and Chaos: The Social Meaning of an Islamic Art Form -- Part II. Legal: 2. Tribal Law as Islamic Law -- 3. The Meaning of the Gift -- 4. Islam and the Rule of Law -- Part III. Political: 5. Anthropological Assumptions and the Afghan War -- 6. Aging Out? Youth in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring -- 7. Missionaries and Muslims: Moroccan Engagement with the Western Other -- Part IV. Critical: 8. Clifford Geertz, Observing Islam -- 9. Edward Said's Unfinished Critique: Orientalism Revisited -- Envoi -- Bibliography.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Rosen, Lawrence, 1941- : Encounters with Islam. - 1. - NEW YORK : CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2023 (Online-Ausgabe)

978-1-009-38903-7 (hardback); 978-1-009-38898-6 (paperback)

978-1-009-38901-3 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2023008001

9781009388986

OCoLC: 1409445938     

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1017/9781009389013

BE 8660  | BE 2440      Ähnliche Literatur

BP173.25

306.6/97

SSG-Nummer(n): 0

*Islam ; Religionsethnologie      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Islamic sociology ; Anthropology of religion -- Islamic countries

"Exploring political, economic, and social encounters within and with the Muslim world across the eras, Lawrence Rosen develops a vibrant, nuanced portrait of the Islamic world that challenges existing stereotypes. Using a diverse range of illustrative case studies, Rosen draws previously unseen linkages across time, regions, and cultures"--