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Book SynopsisThis volume showcases a variety of innovative approaches to the study of Muslim societies and cultures, inspired by and honouring Gudrun Krämer and her role in transforming the landscape of Islamic Studies. With contributions from scholars from around the world, the articles cover an extraordinarily wide geographical scope across a broad timeline, with transdisciplinary perspectives and a historically informed focus on contemporary phenomena. The wide-ranging subjects covered include among others a “men in headscarves” campaign in Iran, an Islamic call-in radio programme in Mombassa, a refugee-related court case in Germany, the Arab revolutions and aftermath from various theoretical perspectives, Ottoman family photos, Qurʾān translation in South Asia, and words that can’t be read.
Table of ContentsPreface of the Editors Dale F. Eickelman: The Underneath of Academic Life: Gudrun Krämer and Islamic Studies Today 1) Islamic Studies Inside Out Alexander Knysh: Between Europe and Asia: Arabic and Islamic Studies in Imperial Russia Reinhard Schulze: Kairo 1869 – Eine historische Collage 2) Empires, Corporations, and Nations Ahmed Ibrahim Abushouk: Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā’s Reformist Project to Establish a True Caliphate: Prospects and Challenges Johann Büssow and Astrid Meier: Ottoman Corporatism, Eighteenth to Twentieth Centuries: Beyond the State-Society Paradigm in Middle Eastern History Elke Hartmann: Family Portraits: Visual Sources for a Social History of the Late Ottoman Empire M. Sait Özervalı: The Position of Philosophy in the Late Ottoman Educational Reforms 3) Islam, Ethics, and Languages Mutaz al Khatib: The Emerging Field of Ethics in the Context of Modern Egypt Abdou Filali-Ansary: Pratique religieuse et comportement moral Abdulkader Tayob: Religion as Discourse: Conversion and Commitment to Jihād in South Africa 4) Media Perspectives and Material Approaches Alina Kokoschka: Reading between the Lines: Arabic Script, Islamic Calligraphy, and the Question of Legibility Muhammad Qasim Zaman: Shāh Walī Allāh of Delhi, his Successors, and the Qurʾān Bettina Gräf: From the Pocket Book to Facebook: Maktabat Wahba, Publishing, and Political Ideas in Cairo since the 1940s Kai Kresse: Dimensions of “Giving Voice”: Discursive Agency and Intellectual Practice on Swahili Islamic Radio, in Mombasa 2005-2006 5) The Politics of Body and Gender Birgit Krawietz: On Coming to Grips with Turkish Oil Wrestling: Conceptualising Muscular Islam and Islamic Martial Arts Katajun Amirpur: #ItsMensTurn: Of Hashtags and Shīʿī Discourses in Iran Bettina Dennerlein: Contested Genderscapes: Islamic Languages of Women’s Rights in the Arab Region 6) Dominant Minorities and Dominant Majorities Hamit Bozarslan: Domination, Resilience, and Power: Religious Minorities in the Imperial and Post-Imperial Middle East Dorothea Schulz: Carving Out a Space for Equal Political Citizenship? Muslim Politics of Remembrance in Uganda 7) Arab Revolutions and Their Impact on Research about the Middle East Muriel Asseburg: Understanding Transformation, Elite Change, and New Social Mobilisation in the Arab World: An Actor-Centred and Policy-Oriented Research Project Cilja Harders: Understanding Politics in Egypt “From Below” 8) Muslims Inside Out Schirin Amir-Moazami: Recognition and Its Traps in Liberal Secular Conditions: The Case of Muslims in Europe Ruth Mas: The Refugee and the Dog
