Politics of Modern Muslim Subjectivities : Islam, Youth, and Social Activism in the Middle East (The Modern Muslim World)

Jung, Dietrich/ Petersen, Marie Juul/ Sparre, Sara Lei

Palgrave Macmillan（2014/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 213 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781137380630
• DDC分類 306.6970956

Full Description

Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity, as well as the results of extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Jordan.

Contents

PART I: THEORETICAL AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK: UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY ISLAM WITH THE HELP OF SOCIAL THEORY 1. Modernity, Successive Modernities, and the Formation of the Modern Subject 2. Modern Religion, Religious Organizations and Religious Social Action 3. Islamic Reform and the Construction of Modern Muslim Subjectivities PART II: POLITICS OF MUSLIM SUBJECTIVITIES IN JORDAN 4. State and Islam in Jordan: The Contested Islamic Modern 5. Charity and Social Welfare Organizations in Jordan: Negotiating the Islamic Modern 6. Charity and Modern Forms of Muslim Subjectivities in Jordan PART III: POLITICS OF MUSLIM SUBJECTIVITIES IN EGYPT 7. State and Islam in Egypt: Secular Authority Versus Islamic Modernities 8. New Youth Organizations in Egypt: Charity and the 'Muslim Professional' 9. Leaders, Organizers and Volunteers: Encountering Idiosyncratic Forms of Subjectivities Conclusions