The Sociology of Islam : Collected Essays of Bryan S. Turner
Bryan S. Turner
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Farnham : : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, , 2013.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (325 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; IntroductionBryan S. Turner: Building the Sociology of Islam; Introduction to Section IClassical Approaches - Understanding Islam; 1Islam, Capitalism and the Weber Theses; 2Origins and Traditions in Islam and Christianity; 3State, Science and Economy in Traditional Societies: Some Problems in Weberian Sociology of Science; 4Conscience in the Construction of Religion: A Critique of Marshall G.S. Hodgson's The Venture of Islam; Introduction to Section IIOrientalist Debate - Positioning Islam; 5Orientalism, Islam and Capitalism. - 15Shari'a and Legal Pluralism in the WestAppendixFurther Readings by Bryan S. Turner on the Sociology of Religion/Islam; Index. - 6On the Concept of Axial Space: Orientalism and the Originary7Orientalism, or the Politics of the Text; 8Leibniz, Islam and Cosmopolitan Virtue; Introduction to Section IIIIslam Today - Sociological Perspectives; 9Sovereignty and Emergency: Political Theology, Islam and American Conservatism; 10Class, Generation and Islamism: Towards a Global Sociology of Political Islam; 11Religious Authority and the New Media; 12Women, Piety and Practice: A Study of Women and Religious Practice in Malaysia; 13 The Body and Piety: The Hijab and Marriage; 14Islam, Diaspora, and Multiculturalism. - Taking a thematic approach, Bryan S. Turner draws together his important writings in sociology and Islam which engage with the relationship of Islam and the ideas of Western social thinkers. Turner engages with the broad categories of capitalism, orientalism, modernity, gender, and citizenship among others, as he explores how Muslims adapt to the changing times and how Islam has come to be managed by those in power.
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| ISBN | 9781409462118
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