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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450579503321

Autore

Varisco Daniel

Titolo

Islam Obscured [[electronic resource] ] : The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005

ISBN

1-281-36718-4

9786611367183

1-4039-7342-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Anthropology of Religion

Disciplina

306.697

Soggetti

Ethnology

Ethnology - Islamic countries

Islam

Islam and culture

Islam and culture - Islamic countries

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Anthropology and Islam; Chapter 1 Clifford Geertz: Islam Observed Again; Chapter 2 Ernest Gellner: Idealized to a Fault; Chapter 3 Beyond the Veil: At Play in the Bed of the Prophet; Chapter 4 Akbar Ahmed: Discovering Islam Inside Out; Epilogue: Muslims Observed: The Lessons From Anthropology; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Islam Obscured is a critical analysis of the rhetoric in representing Islam in several widely-read anthropological texts, as well as an assessment of the role of ethnography in better understanding the behavior of Muslims.