Islam and the Political Economy of Meaning: Comparative Studies of Muslim Discourse - Couverture rigide

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Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0520059565 ISBN 13 : 9780520059566

Editeur : University of California Press, 1987

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

To be a Muslim is to be a part of a culture with distinct beliefs, ideas, institutional forms and prescriptive roles. Yet there is a complex inter-relationship between a system of knowledge and belief, such as Islam, and the immediate political, economic and social context of its adherents. This book aims to improve understanding of Muslim social and political action by examining a broad spectrum of Muslim discourse, both written and spoken, to see how meaning is formed by context. It is a broad comparative study and examines discourses produced in opposition to government as well as those produced, in Iran or Pakistan for example, under an authoritarian Islamic state. Through cogent analyses of socio-historical contexts and textual materials from East Java, Nigeria, Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Maghreb and Egypt, this book shows how to ‘read’ a familiar Islamic movement, period of change or textual source in a newer and better light.

First published in 1987.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520059565
• ISBN 13: 9780520059566
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 295
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible