Public Islam and the Common Good

Author/creator Salvatore, Armando Author
Other author Eickelman, Dale F. 1942- Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLeiden : BRILL
Descriptionxxvi, 262 p.
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SeriesSocial, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East Ser. Vol. 95
Summary Annotation 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 public Islam articulates competing notions and practices of the common good and a way of envisioning alternative political and religious ideas and realities, reconfiguring established boundaries of civil and social life. Drawing on examples from the late Ottoman Empire, Africa, South Asia, Iran, and the Arab Middle East, this volume facilitates understanding the multiple ways in which the public sphere, a key concept in social thought, can be made transculturally feasible by encompassing the evolution of non-Western societies in which religion plays a vital role.
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LCCN 2003069726
ISBN9789004136212
ISBN9004136215 (Trade Cloth) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9789004136212
Stock number00815219

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