Comparing Muslim Societies: Knowledge And The State In A World Civilization (the Comparative Studies In Society And History Book Series)

A study of the diversity of Muslim life and culture that challenges conventional Western opinion. Foreword Acknowledgments Contents Introduction Part 1. Structure and Symbol Material Culture, Technology, and Geography: Toward a Holistic Comparative Study of the Middle East Quandaries of Command in Egalitarian Societies: Examples from Swat and Morocco Part 2. Symbol and Habitus The Art of Memory: Islamic Education and Its Social Reproduction The Muslim Judge and Municipal Politics in Colonial Algeria and Senegal The Intellectual, Islam, and Modernization: Haykal and Shari‘ati Part 3. States and Social Structures Smashing Idols and the State: The Protestant Ethic and Egyptian Sunni Radicalism Women, Islam, and the State: A Comparative Approach Shiism, Corporatism, and Rentierism in the Iranian Revolution Contributors Glossary Bibliography Index