Varieties of Muslim Experience
Encounters with Arab Political and Cultural Life
In Varieties of Muslim Experience, anthropologist Lawrence Rosen explores aspects of Arab Muslim life that are, at first glance, perplexing to Westerners. He ranges over such diverse topics as why Arabs eschew portraiture, why a Muslim scientist might be attracted to fundamentalism, and why the Prophet must be protected from blasphemous cartoons. What connects these seemingly disparate features of Arab social, political, and cultural life? Rosen argues that the common thread is the importance Arabs place on the negotiation of interpersonal relationships--a link that helps to explain actions as seemingly unfathomable as suicide bombing and as…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-226-72617-5
- EAN: 9780226726175
- Produktnummer: 10484931
- Verlag: The University of Chicago Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 278 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B16.6 cm x D1.7 cm 426 g
- Gewicht: 426
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
Lawrence Rosen is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University and the author of many books, including Bargaining for Reality and The Culture of Islam, both published by the University of Chicago Press.
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