ISBN:
978-3-86395-493-2 (ISBN der Druckausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
258 Seiten
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Illustrationen (überwiegend farbig)
Series Statement:
Göttingen Series in Social and Cultural Anthropology volume 19
Keywords:
Ägypten Iran
;
Tunesien
;
Republik Niger
;
Senegal
;
Islamische Staaten
;
Islam
;
Religion und Gesellschaft
;
Muslime
;
Alltag
;
Ritual, religiöses
;
Anthropologie, soziale
Abstract:
The contributions to the present volume show that the countries that are often presented in the literature as forming part of a stereotypical and seemingly monolithic "Islamic world" in fact represent considerable diversity. From Iran to Senegal, we encounter a vast array of social and religious structures, historical trajectories, political regimes and relative positions of societies and individuals. We encounter also, in many different and often unexpected ways, the individual in multiple contexts. The present volume presents perspectives on everyday life in Muslim societies beyond the spectacular. From a broad academic background in Islamic and Iranian studies, social anthropology, sociology, philosophy and history, its contributors show that everyday life as well as religious practice in countries as diverse as Senegal, Niger, Egypt, Tunisia and Iran is not informed by one single "Islamic" tradition, but rather by multiple and often surprisingly different modes of religiosity and non-religiosity. (Umschlagtext)
Note:
"result of a conference organised by the ERC-funded research project "Private Pieties. Mundane Islam and New Forms of Muslim Religiosity: Impact on Contemporary Social and Political Dynamics". (Foreword by the editor)Enthält eine Einführung und 11 Beiträge
