The Islamic Middle East – Tradition and Change Revised Edition

C LINDHOLM (Autor)

Software / Digital Media

352 Seiten

2008
Wiley-Blackwell (Hersteller)
978-0-470-69617-0 (ISBN)

Infos

* Claims that much of the Western world shares fundamental values with Middle Eastern cultures and that these similarities have often fueled dispute, but can also provide a basis for dialogue and reconciliation.

Autor

Charles Lindholm is a University Professor at Boston University, before which he taught anthropology at Barnard College and at Columbia and Harvard Universities. His previous books include Generosity and Jealousy (1982), Culture and Identity: The History, Theory, and Practice of Psychological Anthropology (2000) and Is America Breaking Apart? (reprint edition 2001).

Inhalt

List of Illustrations. Preface. Acknowledgements. Glossary. Part I: Introduction:. 1. The Middle East: Assumptions and Problems. Part II: Preconditions for Egalitarian Individualism:. 2. Ways of Living. 3. Traditions of Authority and Freedom. 4. The Social Construction of Egalitarianism. Part III: State and Society: Prophets, Caliphs, Sultans and Tyrants:. 5. The Prophetic Age. 6. Early Struggles for Authority. 7. Sacred and Secular Rulers. 8. Novelties and Continuities. Part IV: Sacred Power: Reciters, Lawyers, Incarnations and Saints:. 9. The Essentials of Islam. 10. Recapturing the Sacred Past: The Power of Knowledge. 11. The Partisans of Ali. 12. Sufism in Practice. 13. The Contradictions of Saintly Authority. Part V: Dilemmas of Subordination:. 14. Slaves, Eunuchs and Blacks. 15. The Ambiguities of Women. 16. Escapes from Distinction: Love and Friendship. Part VI: Conclusion:. 17. Problems and Possibilities. Chronology of Events. Notes. References. Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.4.2008
• Verlagsort: Hoboken
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 157 x 231 mm
• Gewicht: 476 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-470-69617-6 / 0470696176
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-69617-0 / 9780470696170
• Zustand: Neuware