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Multidisciplinary examination of the public sphere in traditional Muslim society.

Challenging conventional assumptions, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume argue that premodern Muslim societies had diverse and changing varieties of public spheres, constructed according to premises different from those of Western societies. The public sphere, conceptualized as a separate and autonomous sphere between the official and private, is used to shed new light on familiar topics in Islamic history, such as the role of the shari`a (Islamic religious law), the `ulama'' (Islamic scholars), schools of law, Sufi brotherhoods, the Islamic endowment institution, and the relationship between power and culture, rulers and community, from the ninth to twentieth centuries.

The Public Sphere in Muslim Societies Suny Series

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    A Paperback by Miriam Hoexter, Shmuel N. Eisenstadt, Nehemia Levtzion

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      Publisher: State University Press of New York (SUNY)
      Publication Date: 7/17/2002 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780791453681, 978-0791453681
      ISBN10: 0791453685

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Multidisciplinary examination of the public sphere in traditional Muslim society.

      Challenging conventional assumptions, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume argue that premodern Muslim societies had diverse and changing varieties of public spheres, constructed according to premises different from those of Western societies. The public sphere, conceptualized as a separate and autonomous sphere between the official and private, is used to shed new light on familiar topics in Islamic history, such as the role of the shari`a (Islamic religious law), the `ulama'' (Islamic scholars), schools of law, Sufi brotherhoods, the Islamic endowment institution, and the relationship between power and culture, rulers and community, from the ninth to twentieth centuries.

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