Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity, as well as the results of extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Jordan.
Format: Paperback / softback
CONTRIBUTORS: D. Jung
EAN: 9781137380630
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 356 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Palgrave Macmillan
DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-01-23
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GENRE: POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion
WIDTH: 152 cm
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Book Themes:
Globalization, Social theory, Political activism / Political engagement, Islam
Author Dietrich Jung: Dietrich Jung is Head of the Center for Contemporary Middle East Studies at University of Southern Denmark (SDU), Denmark. Author Marie Juul Petersen: Marie Juul Petersen is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Danish Institue for International Studies, Denmark Author Sara Lei Sparre: Sara Lei Sparre is a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
