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Everyday Piety - Islam and Economy in Jordan (Hardcover)
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Everyday Piety - Islam and Economy in Jordan (Hardcover)
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Working and living as an authentic Muslim-comporting oneself in an
Islamically appropriate way-in the global economy can be very
challenging. How do middle-class Muslims living in the Middle East
navigate contemporary economic demands in a distinctly Islamic way?
What are the impacts of these efforts on their Islamic piety? To
what authority does one turn when questions arise? What happens
when the answers vary and there is little or no consensus? To
answer these questions, Everyday Piety examines the intersection of
globalization and Islamic religious life in the city of Amman,
Jordan. Drawing on in-depth ethnographic fieldwork in Amman, Sarah
A. Tobin demonstrates that Muslims combine their interests in
exerting a visible Islam with the opportunities and challenges of
advanced capitalism in an urban setting, which ultimately results
in the cultivation of a "neoliberal Islamic piety." Neoliberal
piety, Tobin contends, is created by both Islamizing economic
practices and economizing Islamic piety, and is done in ways that
reflect a modern, cosmopolitan style and aesthetic, revealing a
keen interest in displays of authenticity on the part of the
actors. Tobin highlights sites at which economic life and Islamic
virtue intersect: Ramadan, the hijab, Islamic economics, Islamic
banking, and consumption. Each case reflects the shift from
conditions and contexts of highly regulated and legalized moral
behaviors to greater levels of uncertainty and indeterminacy. In
its ethnographic richness, this book shows that actors make
normative claims of an authentic, real Islam in economic practice
and measure them against standards that derive from Islamic law,
other sources of knowledge, and the pragmatics of everyday life.
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