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Book Synopsis
Combining anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, this book examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century onwards. It raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.

Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION

PART I· AUTHORITY
Chapter 1. Genealogies of the Text
Chapter 2. The Pen and the Sword
Chapter 3. Disenchantment

PART II· TRANSMISSION
Chapter 4. Audition
Chapter 5. The New Method
Chapter 6. Print Culture

PART III· INTERPRETATION
Chapter 7. Relations of Interpretation
Chapter 8. Shari'a Society
Chapter 9. Judicial Presence
Chapter I0. Court Order

PART IV· INSCRIPTION
Chapter 11. Evidence of the Word
Chapter 12. Spiral Texts

CONCLUSION
BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE
GLOSSARY
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 16/06/1996
    ISBN13: 9780520205154, 978-0520205154
    ISBN10: 0520205154
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    Education Anthropology Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity Islam

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Combining anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, this book examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century onwards. It raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.

    Table of Contents
    ILLUSTRATIONS
    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
    INTRODUCTION

    PART I· AUTHORITY
    Chapter 1. Genealogies of the Text
    Chapter 2. The Pen and the Sword
    Chapter 3. Disenchantment

    PART II· TRANSMISSION
    Chapter 4. Audition
    Chapter 5. The New Method
    Chapter 6. Print Culture

    PART III· INTERPRETATION
    Chapter 7. Relations of Interpretation
    Chapter 8. Shari'a Society
    Chapter 9. Judicial Presence
    Chapter I0. Court Order

    PART IV· INSCRIPTION
    Chapter 11. Evidence of the Word
    Chapter 12. Spiral Texts

    CONCLUSION
    BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE
    GLOSSARY
    NOTES
    BIBLIOGRAPHY
    INDEX

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