Islam, Politics, Anthropology (Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series)

Part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, Islam, Politics, Anthropology offers critical reflections on past and current studies of Islam and politics in anthropology and charts new analytical approaches to examining Islam in the post-9/11 world. Challenges current and past approaches to the study of Islam and Muslim politics in anthropologyOffers a critical comprehensive review of past and current literature on the subjectPresents innovative ethnographic description and analysis of everyday Muslim politics in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and North AmericaProposes new analytical approaches to the study of Islam and Muslim politics This volume offers critical reflections on studies of Islam and politics in anthropology. It charts analytical approaches to examining Islam in the post-9/11 world and highlights the complexities, contingencies and contradictions in the political engagements of contemporary Muslims in a variety of locales