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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786183603321

Autore

Abaza Mona

Titolo

Debates on Islam and knowledge in Malaysia and Egypt : shifting worlds / / Mona Abaza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-136-12610-4

0-203-03735-9

1-283-96327-2

1-136-12602-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Disciplina

401.4/1/09595

Soggetti

Islam - Egypt

Islam - Malaysia

Knowledge, Sociology of

Discourse analysis

Egypt Civilization

Malaysia Civilization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Introductory reflections -- pt. II. Biographies and travelling ideas -- pt. III. Trajectories.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is a comparative study of the sociological field in two different Muslim societies: Malaysia and Egypt. It analyses the process of the production of 'knowledge' through the example of the modern 'Islamization of knowledge debate' and local empirical variations.