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The Calligraphic State - Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society (Paperback, Revised)
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The Calligraphic State - Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society (Paperback, Revised)
Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies, 16
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In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and
postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation
of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late
nineteenth century to the present. The creation and interpretation
of texts, from sacred scriptures to administrative and legal
contracts, are among the fundamental ways that authority is
established and maintained in a complex state. Yet few scholars
have explored this process and the ways in which it changes,
especially outside the Western world. Messick brings together
intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of
material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents.
In exploring the structure and transformation of literacy, law, and
statecraft in Yemen, he raises important issues that are of
comparative significance for understanding political life in other
Muslim and nonwestern states as well.
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