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- The Public Sphere in Muslim Societies
- Book
- 2002
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies (discontinued)
summary
Challenging conventional assumptions, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume argue that premodern Muslim societies had diverse and changing varieties of public spheres, constructed according to premises different from those of Western societies. The public sphere, conceptualized as a separate and autonomous sphere between the official and private, is used to shed new light on familiar topics in Islamic history, such as the role of the shari`a (Islamic religious law), the `ulama' (Islamic scholars), schools of law, Sufi brotherhoods, the Islamic endowment institution, and the relationship between power and culture, rulers and community, from the ninth to twentieth centuries.
Table of Contents
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- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- p. vii
- INTRODUCTION
- pp. 9-16
- 6. THE DYNAMICS OF SUFI BROTHERHOODS
- pp. 109-118
- 7. THE WAQF AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
- pp. 119-138
- WORKS CITED
- pp. 163-183
- CONTRIBUTORS
- pp. 185-186
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791488614
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
53226174
Pages
191
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No