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

• Autore: Starrett Gregory <1961->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages)
• Disciplina: 306.6/0962
• Soggetto topico: Islam - Egypt; Islam; Religion; Philosophy & Religion
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Putting Islam to work
• ISBN: 0-520-91930-0; 0-585-13075-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910496143603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; ; v. 25.