Genealogy and Knowledge in Muslim Societies : Understanding the Past (Exploring Muslim Contexts)

Bowen Savant, Sarah (EDT)/ de Felipe, Helena (EDT)

Edinburgh University Press（2014/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 164 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780748644971
• DDC分類 929.1072

Full Description

These case studies link genealogical knowledge to particular circumstances in which it was created, circulated and promoted. They stress the malleability of kinship and memory, and the interests this malleability serves. From the Prophet's family tree to the present, ideas about kinship and descent have shaped communal and national identities in Muslim societies. So an understanding of genealogy is vital to our understanding of Muslim societies, particularly with regard to the generation, preservation and manipulation of genealogical knowledge.

Contents

Introduction, Sarah Bowen Savant and Helena de Felipe; Part I: The Generation of Genealogical Knowledge; 1. Keeping the Prophet's Family Alive: Profile of a Genealogical Discipline, Kazuo Morimoto; 2. Techniques of Genealogical Forgery and Procedures of Genealogical Verification in Pre-Modern Muslim Societies, Zoltán Szombathy; 3. The Genealogy of Power and the Power of Genealogy in Morocco: History, Imaginary and Politics, Zakaria Rhani; Part II: Empowering Political and Religious Elites; 4. Berber Leadership and Genealogical Legitimacy: The Almoravid Case,Helena de Felipe; 5. Ways of Connecting with the Past: Genealogies in Nasrid Granada, Maribel Fierro; 6. Embarrassing Cousins: Genealogical Conundrums in the Central Sahara, Judith Scheele; Part III: Genealogy as Source for Writing History; 7. Was Marwan ibn al-Hakam the First "Real" Muslim?, Fred Donner; 8. Genealogy and Ethnogenesis in al-Masʿudi's Muruj al-dhahab, Sarah Bowen Savant; 9. Genealogical Prestige and Marriage Policy among the Ahl al-Bayt: The Case of the al-Sadr Family in Recent Times, Raffaele Mauriello; About the Contributors; Index.