The Life of Shari'a: A Comparative Anthropology of Law - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520410046ISBN-10:520410041UPC:9780520410046Book Category:Law, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Islamic, Islam, Islamic StudiesBook Topic:Rituals & PracticeSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.4815Product ID:SCQ3WBJW7J
The Life of Shari'a: A Comparative Anthropology of Law
Is there a way to think about contemporary life with knowledge that is neither modern nor Western? Rather than confining Islam to a "religion" and shariʿa to its "law," Youssef Belal provocatively argues that Islamic shariʿa is a mode of knowledge with its own concepts and scholarly categories through which the world and the self are grasped. The Life of Shariʿa considers two intertwined...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520410046ISBN-10:520410041UPC:9780520410046Book Category:Law, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Islamic, Islam, Islamic StudiesBook Topic:Rituals & PracticeSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.4815Product ID:SCQ3WBJW7J
Youssef Belal is an anthropologist and political theorist. He is also a UN diplomat and peace mediator who served as political director of UN missions in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Horn of Africa. He has taught at Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley, and was named a member of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study in 2016. He is author of Le cheikh et le...
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