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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

The Calligraphic State

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 16 June 1996
      ISBN-13 9780520205154
      978-0520205154
      ISBN-10 0520205154
      Also in:
      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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