RT Book
T1 Public violence in Islamic societies: power, discipline, and the construction of the public sphere, 7th-19th centuries C.E
A2 Lange, Christian Robert 1975-
A2 Fierro, María Isabel
LA English
PP Edinburgh
PB Edinburgh University Press
YR 2009
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/80369928X
AB This exploration of the role of violence in the history of Islamic societies considers the subject particularly in the context of its implementation as a ...  Show synopsis  This exploration of the role of violence in the history of Islamic societies considers the subject particularly in the context of its implementation as a political strategy to claim power over the public sphere. Violence, both among Muslims and between Muslims and non-Muslims, has been the object of research in the past, as in the case of jihad, martyrdom, rebellion or criminal law. This book goes beyond these concerns in addressing, in a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary fashion, how violence has functioned as a basic principle of Islamic social and political organization in a variety of historical and geographical contexts. Contributions trace the use of violence by governments in the history of Islam, shed light on legal views of violence, and discuss artistic and religious responses. Authors lay out a spectrum of attitudes rather than trying to define an Islamic doctrine of violence. Bringing together some of the most substantive and innovative scholarship on this important topic to date, this volume contributes to the growing interest, both scholarly and general, in the question of Muslim attitudes toward violence
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
NO Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
CN HN656.Z9
SN 0748637338
SN 9780748637331
K1 Public Opinion : Islamic countries : History
K1 Political Violence : Islamic countries : History
K1 Muslims : Social conditions
K1 Islam and social problems : History
K1 Violence : Islamic countries : History
K1 Violence : Islamic countries : Public opinion : History
K1 Islamic countries : Social conditions