Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia – serie
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36 produkter
Qurʾan, Morality and Critical Reason
The Essential Muhammad Shahrur
Av Muhammad Shahrur, Andreas Christmann
Inbunden, 2009
2022 kr
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This book presents the work and ideas of the Syrian writer Muhammad Shahrur to the English-speaking world. Shahrur is at the moment the most innovative intellectual thinker in the Arab Middle East. Often described as the ‘Martin Luther of Islam,’ he offers a liberal, progressive reading of Islam …
Defining Islam for the Egyptian State
Muftis and Fatwas of the Dār al-Iftā
Inbunden, 1997
3800 kr
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This book traces the history of the Dār al-Iftā, the Egyptian State Mufti's administration, from its inception in the 1890s to the present. Often uncomfortably positioned between a state bureaucracy and an emerging Muslim public concerned with the transmission of Islamic values, the various State …
Gender and Identity Construction
Women of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Turkey
Inbunden, 1999
3561 kr
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This volume deals with issues and problems of national and gender identity in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Turkey. Articles discuss experiences and position of women vis-à-vis state intervention, economic, political and cultural change, in both public and private spheres of life.In the book the …
Modern Trends in Islamic Theological Discourse in 20th Century Indonesia
A Critical Survey
Av Fauzan Saleh
Inbunden, 2001
3474 kr
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Aiming to trace the development of Islamic theological discourse in Indonesia from the early 1900s to the end of the 20th century, the author focusses on how modernist Muslims have constructed their theological thought throughout the century, which, in turn, reflects their religious understanding …
Making of a Syrian Identity
Intellectuals and Merchants in Nineteenth-Century Beirut
Av Fruma Zachs
Inbunden, 2005
2511 kr
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Exploring the origins and development of the Syrian identity, during the 18th and 19th centuries, through the role of Christian Arab intellectuals and merchants, Ottomans and American missionaries, this volume examines its background, stages of evolution, and components. It shows that the …
Settlement Issue in Turkey and the Kurds
An Analysis of Spatial Policies, Modernity and War
Inbunden, 2007
3117 kr
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In seeking to understand village evacuation in the Kurdistan region of Turkey in the 1980s and 1990s, this book focuses on the spatial aspects of the armed conflict. It tries to explain how settlement and resettlement policies and practices in Turkey have been part of a larger project of political …
Public Islam and the Common Good
Av Armando Salvatore, Dale Eickelman
Häftad, 2006
1086 kr
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This book explores the public role of Islam in contemporary world politics. “Public Islam” refers to the diverse invocations and struggles over Islamic ideas and practices that increasingly influence the politics and social life of large parts of the globe. The contributors to this volume show how …
Interpreting Welfare and Relief in the Middle East
Av Nefissa Naguib, Inger Marie Okkenhaug
Inbunden, 2007
2290 kr
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Based on different problematic and methodological perspectives and new sources, this book’s contributions lie in the close study of welfare beyond the religious divides, codifications and indoctrinations. The time span – from 1850 to the present day - represents moments of colonisations, …
Liberal Thought in the Eastern Mediterranean
Late 19th Century until the 1960s
Inbunden, 2008
2604 kr
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This volume analyzes liberal thought in the Eastern Mediterranean since the late nineteenth century, highlighting its long-term and ongoing influence, and challenging the conventional wisdom that liberalism has no legitimate place in the region’s intellectual discourse. By investigating the …
Hadhrami Diaspora in Southeast Asia
Identity Maintenance or Assimilation?
Inbunden, 2009
2790 kr
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This volume originates from the proceedings of an international conference convened by the Department of History and Civilization, International Islamic University Malaysia, in collaboration with the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, in Kuala Lumpur, from 26 to 28 August 2005. Twelve out of …
Religious Minorities in the Middle East
Domination, Self-Empowerment, Accommodation
Av Anne Sofie Roald, Anh Nga Longva
Inbunden, 2011
2923 kr
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The relationship between religious majorities and minorities in the Middle East is often construed as one of domination versus powerlessness. While this may indeed be the case, to claim that this is only or always so is to give a simplified picture of a complex reality. Such a description lays …
Health and Ritual in Morocco
Conceptions of the Body and Healing Practices
Inbunden, 2012
3233 kr
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In Health and Ritual in Morocco, Josep Lluis Mateo Dieste analyzes the many notions of the body that appear in various Moroccan medical and religious systems. Viewing these issues from anthropological and historical perspectives to the development of Islamic medicine in Morocco, this study …
L'autorité religieuse et ses limites en terres d'islam
Approches historiques et anthropologiques
Av Nathalie Clayer, Alexandre Papas
Inbunden, 2013
2476 kr
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Reprenant à nouveaux frais la question de l'autorité religieuse, ce livre présente différents cas d'étude en Asie centrale, à travers l'Empire ottoman, dans les Balkans et en Turquie. Sont examinés les rapports complexes qu'entretiennent, avec le pouvoir politique, cheikhs soufis, oulémas, sheikh …
Politics of Worship in the Contemporary Middle East
Sainthood in Fragile States
Av Andreas Bandak, Mikkel Bille
Inbunden, 2013
2476 kr
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In Sainthood in Fragile States, a wide range of social scientists explore the contested role of sainthood in the contemporary Middle East. By expanding the notion of sainthood to cover both the religious and secular ways of dealing with extraordinary events, people and things, the volume offers new …
Dilemmas of Attachment
Identity and Belonging among Palestinian Christians
Inbunden, 2014
2192 kr
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This book offers an ethnographic account of contemporary Christian Palestinian lives in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.Through individual life stories, Bård Kårtveit shows how Christians in the District of Bethlehem strive to live meaningful lives. Lives which are shaped by Christian-Muslim …
Order and Compromise: Government Practices in Turkey from the Late Ottoman Empire to the Early 21st Century
Av Marc Aymes
Inbunden, 2015
3089 kr
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Order and Compromise questions the historicity of government practices in Turkey from the late Ottoman Empire up to the present day. It explores how institutions at work are being framed by constant interactions with non-institutional characters from various social realms. This volume thus …
Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon
Rafiq Hariri and the Politics of Sacred Space in Beirut
Inbunden, 2015
2996 kr
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In Architecture, Power and Religion in Lebanon, Ward Vloeberghs explores Rafiq Hariri’s patronage and his posthumous legacy to demonstrate how religious architecture becomes a site for power struggles in contemporary Beirut. By tracing the 150 year-long history of the Muhammad al-Amin Mosque – …
Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia
Inbunden, 2016
2459 kr
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Citizenship and Democratization in Southeast Asia redirects the largely western-oriented study of citizenship to postcolonial states. Providing various fascinating first-hand accounts of how citizens interpret and realize the recognition of their property, identity, security and welfare in the …
Islam in der Moderne, Moderne im Islam
Eine Festschrift für Reinhard Schulze zum 65. Geburtstag
Inbunden, 2018
2831 kr
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This Festschrift brings together a range of scholars who congratulate Reinhard Schulze on the occasion of his 65th birthday, by shedding light and reflecting on the relation between Islam and modernity. Scholars from the fields of Islamic studies, religious studies, sociology and Arabic literature …
Middle Eastern and North African Societies in the Interwar Period
Av Kate Fleet
Inbunden, 2018
1996 kr
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Taking society as its central focus, Middle Eastern and North African Societies in the Interwar Period approaches the region as one of connectivities and fluidity and investigates networks and interregional relations, stratagems adopted to shape society and social resistance to or absorption of …
Ways of Knowing Muslim Cultures and Societies
Studies in Honour of Gudrun Krämer
Av Bettina Gräf
Inbunden, 2018
2518 kr
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This volume showcases a variety of innovative approaches to the study of Muslim societies and cultures, inspired by and honouring Gudrun Krämer and her role in transforming the landscape of Islamic Studies. With contributions from scholars from around the world, the articles cover an …
Aleppo and its Hinterland in the Ottoman Period / Alep et sa province à l’époque ottomane
Inbunden, 2019
1948 kr
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Aleppo and its Hinterland in the Ottoman Period comprises eleven essays in English and French by leading scholars of Ottoman Syria which draw on new research in Turkish, Levantine and other archival sources. Focusing on both the city and its place in the wider region, the collection examines trade …
Rethinking China, the Middle East and Asia in a 'Multiplex World'
Av Mojtaba Mahdavi, Tugrul Keskin
Inbunden, 2022
2244 kr
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This edited volume critically examines the changing dynamics of multidimensional relations between China, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia in an emerging 'multiplex world'. It challenges both extremes of 'Sinophobia' and 'Sinophilia' by studying the real 'pragmatist' China.This book, in …
Reading Islam
Life and Politics of Brotherhood in Modern Turkey
Av Fabio Vicini
Inbunden, 2019
1851 kr
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In Reading Islam Fabio Vicini offers a journey within the intimate relations, reading practices, and forms of intellectual engagement that regulate Muslim life in two enclosed religious communities in Istanbul. Combining anthropological observation with textual and genealogical analysis, he …
Know Thy Enemy
Evolving Attitudes towards "Others" in Modern Shiʿi Thought and Practice
Av Meir Litvak
Inbunden, 2021
1979 kr
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In Know Thy Enemy, Meir Litvak analyzes the re-articulations of the “Others” in modern Shiʿism, as a novel way to examine the formulation of modern Shiʿi identity and place in the world. Among these others, which have transformed into "enemies" in the modern period are the West, apostates, …
Knowledge, Authority and Change in Islamic Societies
Studies in Honor of Dale F. Eickelman
Av Allen James Fromherz, Nadav Samin
Inbunden, 2021
2665 kr
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Senior scholars of Islamic studies and the anthropology of Islam gather in this volume to pay tribute to one of the giants of the field, Dale F. Eickelman. In diversely arrayed, rigorous and compelling chapters, leading historians, anthropologists, and political scientists elaborate through their …
Spain’s African Colonial Legacies
Morocco and Equatorial Guinea Compared
Inbunden, 2022
2511 kr
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The African cities of Bata and Al-Hoceima were created during the Spanish colonial rule of Equatorial Guinea and Morocco. This book constructs their local history to analyse how Spanish colonialism worked, what its legacies were and the imprints it left on their national histories. The work …
Islam, Christianity, and Secularism in Bulgaria and Eastern Europe
The Last Half Century
Av Simeon Evstatiev, Dale F. Eickelman
Inbunden, 2022
2114 kr
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Is there a “return to the religious” in post-Communist Eastern Europe that differs from religious trends in the West and the Middle East? Looking beyond immediate events, this book situates public talk about religion and religious practice in the longue durée of the two entangled pasts —Byzantine …
Dynamics of Islam in the Modern World
Essays in Honor of Jamal Malik
Av Saeed Zarrabi-Zadeh, Armina Omerika m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2857 kr
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Dynamics of Islam in the Modern World scrutinizes and analyzes Islam in context. It posits Muslims not as independent and autonomous, but as relational and interactive agents of change and continuity who interplay with Islamic(ate) sources of self and society as well as with resources from other …
Sunni Communities in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 2013-2021
Securitization, Secularization and Privatization
Inbunden, 2023
1657 kr
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Sunni-Shia relations in Iran offer an analytical guide for the interpretation of inequality, securitization, and immigration. This book reorients our understanding of contemporary Iran by answering still unacknowledged questions: how is the relationship, the interaction and socio-political …
