|
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies
|
Buy Now
Recognizing Islam (RLE Politics of Islam) - An Anthropologist's Introduction (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R4,087
Discovery Miles 40 870
|
|
|
Recognizing Islam (RLE Politics of Islam) - An Anthropologist's Introduction (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Politics of Islam
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Islam is more than a set of laws, rites and beliefs presented as a
religious and social totality. As a word it covers a multitude of
everyday forms and practices that are interwoven in complex,
sometimes almost invisible ways in daily existence. Drawing
exclusively on his own fieldwork in Egypt, South Arabia and the
Lebanon, the author explores the nature of Islam and its impact on
the daily lives of its followers; he shows that all the Western
stereotypes of Islam and its practitioners need to be treated with
considerable scepticism. He demonstrates also that the
understanding of Islam is dependent on recognizing a variety of
class tensions and oppositions within an Islamic society. These
have become all the more crucial in recent years with the growth of
a capitalist economy, in which the forms and functions of the state
have expanded considerably. This study focuses on the social and
cultural divisions between very different groups and classes,
ranging from the working masses of Cairo to the new bourgeoisie of
Algeria and Morocco. The accent of the book is on the forms and
transformations of Islam within these different societies. The
impact of colonialism is discussed in this context, and reformist
and radical Islamic movements are analyzed in relation to shifting
structures in class and society at large. First published in 1982.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
