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Record Nr.

UNINA9910496143603321

Autore

Starrett Gregory <1961->

Titolo

Putting Islam to work : education, politics, and religious transformation in Egypt / / Gregory Starrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1998

ISBN

0-520-91930-0

0-585-13075-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages)

Collana

Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; ; 25

Disciplina

306.6/0962

Soggetti

Islam - Egypt

Islam

Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Creating an Object -- 2. Education and the Management of Populations -- 3. The Progressive Policy of the Government -- 4. Learning about God -- 5. The Path of Clarification -- 6. Growing Up: Four Stories -- 7. State of Emergency -- 8. Broken Boundaries and the Politics of Fear.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Gregory Starrett focuses on the historical interplay of power and public culture, showing how these new forms of communication and a growing state interest in religious instruction have changed the way the Islamci tradition is reproduced.