The culture of Islam: changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life
Lawrence Rosen
The culture of Islam: changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life
Author
Lawrence RosenPublisher
University of Chicago PressEdition 1
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شناسنامه
Title and Author
The culture of Islam: changing aspects of contemporary Muslim life / Lawrence RosenPublication Details
شیکاگو : University of Chicago Press، 2002مPhysical Description
xvii, 230 p.; 24 cm.Subject
Islamic civilizationEast and West
Ethnology - Morocco
Religion and culture
Religion and politics - Morocco
Morocco Social life and customs
Language
انگلیسیNotes
Includes bibliographical references )p. 112-822( and index.
Contents
Ambivalent culture. The circle of beneficence : narrating coherence in a world of corruption -- Ambivalence towards power : approaches to authority in postcolonial Morocco -- What is a tribe, and why does it matter? -- Constructing institutions in a political culture of personalism -- Memory worlds, plausible worlds. Contesting sainthood -- Memory in Morocco -- Have the Arabs changed their mind? -- Shifting concepts, Discerning change. Marriage stories : crossing the boundaries of nation, gender, and law -- Euro-Islam -- Never in doubt : Salman Rushdie's deeper challenge to Islam