ISBN:
1282703080
,
9781282703087
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9780748637331
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (viii, 304 p)
,
ill
Parallel Title:
Print version Public Violence in Islamic Societies : Power, Discipline, and the Construction of the Public Sphere, 7th-19th Centuries CE
DDC:
303.6091767
Keywords:
Muslims Social conditions
;
Islam and social problems
;
Violence
;
Violence Public opinion
;
Public opinion
;
Public opinion History
;
Political violence History
;
Muslims Social conditions
;
Islam and social problems History
;
Violence History
;
Violence Public opinion
;
History
;
Islam and social problems
;
Islamic countries ; Social conditions
;
Muslims ; Social conditions
;
Public opinion ; Islamic countries
;
Violence ; Islamic countries ; Public opinion
;
Violence ; Islamic countries
;
Electronic books
;
Islamic countries Social conditions
;
Islamic countries Social conditions
Abstract:
This exploration of the role of violence in the history of Islamic societies considers the subject particularly in the context of its implementation as a political strategy to claim power over the public sphere. Violence, both among Muslims and between Muslims and non-Muslims, has been the object of research in the past, as in the case of jihad, martyrdom, rebellion or criminal law. This book goes beyond these concerns in addressing, in a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary fashion, how violence has functioned as a basic principle of Islamic social and political organization in a variety of h
Note:
"The bulk of the contributions in this volume go back to the international conference 'The public display of violence in Islamic societies (seventh-eighteenth centuries)' which was held ... in Madrid (15-16 June 2006)."--p. viii
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Includes bibliographical references and index
URL:
http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9780748637331/type/BOOK
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