Islam, Politics, Anthropology: Osella/Islam, Politics, Anthropology

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 anthropology Offers a critical comprehensive review of past and current literature on the subject Presents innovative ethnographic description and analysis of everyday Muslim politics in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and North America Proposes new analytical approaches to the study of Islam and Muslim politics Content: Chapter 1 Islam, Politics, Anthropology (pages 1–22): Benjamin Soares and Filippo Osella Chapter 2 Being Good in Ramadan: Ambivalence, Fragmentation, and the Moral Self in the Lives of Young Egyptians (pages 23–38): Samuli Schielke Chapter 3 Doubt, Faith, and Knowledge: The Reconfiguration of the Intellectual Field in Post?Nasserist Cairo (pages 39–53): Hatsuki Aishima and Armando Salvatore Chapter 4 A Tour not so Grand: Mobile Muslims in Northern Pakistan (pages 54–71): Magnus Marsden Chapter 5 Muslim Politics in Postcolonial Kenya: Negotiating Knowledge on the Double?Periphery (pages 72–90): Kai Kresse Chapter 6 Between Dialogue and Contestation: Gender, Islam, and the Challenges of a Malian Public Sphere (pages 91–106): Rosa De Jorio Chapter 7 Piety Politics and the Role of a Transnational Feminist Analysis (pages 107–120): Lara Deeb Chapter 8 Mukadas's Struggle: Veils and Modernity in Kyrgyzstan (pages 121–137): Julie McBrien Chapter 9 Genealogy of the Islamic State: Reflections on Maududi's Political thought and Islamism (pages 138–155): Irfan Ahmad Chapter 10 Talking Jihad and Piety: Reformist Exertions among Islamist women in Bangladesh (pages 156–174): Maimuna Huq Chapter 11 Market Islam in Indonesia (pages 175–193): Daromir Rudnyckyj Chapter 12 Muslim Entrepreneurs in Public Life between India and the Gulf: Making Good and doing Good (pages 194–212): Filippo Osella and Caroline Osella Chapter 13 Islam and the Politics of Enchantment (pages 213–230): Gregory Starrett 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 anthropology * Offers a critical comprehensive review of past and current literature on the subject * Presents innovative ethnographic description and analysis of everyday Muslim politics in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and North America * Proposes new analytical approaches to the study of Islam and Muslim politics Content: Chapter 1 Islam, Politics, Anthropology (pages 1–22): Benjamin Soares and Filippo OsellaChapter 2 Being Good in Ramadan: Ambivalence, Fragmentation, and the Moral Self in the Lives of Young Egyptians (pages 23–38): Samuli SchielkeChapter 3 Doubt, Faith, and Knowledge: The Reconfiguration of the Intellectual Field in Post?Nasserist Cairo (pages 39–53): Hatsuki Aishima and Armando SalvatoreChapter 4 A Tour not so Grand: Mobile Muslims in Northern Pakistan (pages 54–71): Magnus MarsdenChapter 5 Muslim Politics in Postcolonial Kenya: Negotiating Knowledge on the Double?Periphery (pages 72–90): Kai KresseChapter 6 Between Dialogue and Contestation: Gender, Islam, and the Challenges of a Malian Public Sphere (pages 91–106): Rosa De JorioChapter 7 Piety Politics and the Role of a Transnational Feminist Analysis (pages 107–120): Lara DeebChapter 8 Mukadas's Struggle: Veils and Modernity in Kyrgyzstan (pages 121–137): Julie McBrienChapter 9 Genealogy of the Islamic State: Reflections on Maududi's Political thought and Islamism (pages 138–155): Irfan AhmadChapter 10 Talking Jihad and Piety: Reformist Exertions among Islamist women in Bangladesh (pages 156–174): Maimuna HuqChapter 11 Market Islam in Indonesia (pages 175–193): Daromir RudnyckyjChapter 12 Muslim Entrepreneurs in Public Life between India and the Gulf: Making Good and doing Good (pages 194–212): Filippo Osella and Caroline OsellaChapter 13 Islam and the Politics of Enchantment (pages 213–230): Gregory Starrett 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