The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society: 16 - Brossura

Messick, Brinkley

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0520205154 ISBN 13: 9780520205154

Casa editrice: University of California Press, 1996

Riassunto

In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to administrative and legal contracts, are among the fundamental ways that authority is established and maintained in a complex state. Yet few scholars have explored this process and the ways in which it changes, especially outside the Western world.

Messick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In exploring the structure and transformation of literacy, law, and statecraft in Yemen, he raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Brinkley Messick is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

"Throws completely fresh light on non-colonial yet modern systems of legality and moral power. . . . The picture given of Islamic legal education and practice is one of the best available . . . a compelling read and a fine book for teaching."—Paul Dresch, Oxford University

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of California Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0520205154
• ISBN 13: 9780520205154
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 356