Public violence in Islamic societies : power, discipline, and the construction of the public sphere, 7th-9th centuries CE / / edited by Christian Lange and Maribel Fierro

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910827568903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2009
• ISBN: 0-7486-5316-3; 1-282-70308-0; 9786612703089; 0-7486-3733-8
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Classificazione: BE 8660
• Altri autori (Persone): LangeChristian Robert <1975->; FierroMa. Isabel (Maria Isabel)
• Disciplina: 306.6091767
• Soggetti: Violence - Islamic countries; Violence - Islamic countries - Public opinion; Public opinion - Islamic countries; Muslims - Social conditions; Islam and social problems; Islamic countries Social conditions
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part I -- Public violence and the construction of the public sphere -- Part II -- ritual dimensions of violence -- Part III -- Representations of public violence.
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume explores the use of violence in the construction of Islamic public and private spheres. It contributes to the growing interest in the vital question of Muslim attitudes towards violence. Editors blurb: This volume offers the first hitherto available overview of the role of public violence in the history of Muslim societies. Islam is often perceived as a civilization breeding violence toward the outside. To counter such negative stereotypes, the approach of this volume is to stress the nature of violence as a means of political dominion. The volume demonstrates the diversity of attitudes toward violence within Muslim ; societies and thus helps to overcome essentialist assumptions about Islamic violence.