Islam, Politics, Anthropology - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444332953 ISBN 13 : 9781444332957

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

Synopsis

Part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, Islam, Politics, Anthropology offers critical reflections on past and current studies of Islam and politics in anthropology and charts new analytical approaches to examining Islam in the post-9/11 world.

• Challenges current and past approaches to the study of Islam and Muslim politics in anthropology
• Offers a critical comprehensive review of past and current literature on the subject
• Presents innovative ethnographic description and analysis of everyday Muslim politics in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and North America
• Proposes new analytical approaches to the study of Islam and Muslim politics

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Filippo Osella is a Reader in Anthropology at the University of Sussex, UK. For the past 20 years, Osella has conducted research in South India, and more recently in a number of West Asian Gulf countries. His current research focuses on the emergence of Islamic reformist movements and the rise of a new Muslim middle class in Kerala.

Benjamin Soares is an anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow at the Afrika-Studiecentrum in Leiden, The Netherlands. Soares' publications include Islam and the Prayer Economy (2005) and two edited volumes, Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa (2007) and Muslim-Christian Encounters in Africa (2006).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1444332953
• ISBN 13: 9781444332957
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Éditeur: Osella Filippo
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible