Description
Book SynopsisThis fresh approach to the study of Islamization proposes an innovative conceptual framework that treats the subject as a particular case of cultural change. The aim of the volume is to make Islamization amenable to archaeological and historical analyses of changes in material conditions of life without forsaking the specific history of Islam. Islam and Islamization must be understood in their particular social context, but also in relation to the conditions that hold them together over large geographical and chronological expanses.
Archaeologists and historians have considered Islamization from a range of different perspectives, from conversion to cultural change, though these studies have tended to be underpinned by a normativist conception of Islam. In contrast, José C. Carvajal López takes a hermeneutical stance, wherein Islam is the result of exploration, and adopts a New Materialist theoretical analysis to explore Islamization and its impact on identities, communities a
Table of Contents
List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Islam and Islamization 2. Islamization: From Conversion to Cultural Change 3. Islamic Identity and Being Islamic 4. Islamic Things, Islamic Beings and Con-Text 5. Islamization of Communities: Two Case Studies in Early Islam 6. Conclusion References Index
