Politics of piety: the Islamic revival and the feminist subject
"Politics of Piety" is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women`s piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral refo...
| Subtitles: | Islamic revival and the feminist subject |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
Princeton, NJ, Oxford
Princeton University Press
2012
|
| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Edition: | Paperback reissue |
| Series/Journal: | Anthropology - Middle East studies - women's studies
|
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt
/ Piety
/ Feminist movement
/ Muslim woman
B Egypt / Muslim woman / Piety / Feminist movement |
| Further subjects: | B
Feminism
Religious aspects
Islam
B Islamic renewal (Egypt) (Cairo) Case studies B Gender Identity (Islamic countries) B Muslim Women Religious life (Egypt) (Cairo) Case studies B Women in Islam B Feminism (Islamic countries) |
| Online Access: |
Cover (Publisher) Table of Contents (Publisher) |
| Summary: | "Politics of Piety" is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women`s piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement whose orthodox practices are commonly viewed as inconsequential to Egypt`s political landscape. Saba Mahmood`s compelling exposition of these practices challenges this assumption by showing how the ethical and the political are indelibly linked within the context of such movements. Not only is this book a sensitive ethnography of a critical but largely ignored dimension of the Islamic revival, it is also an unflinching critique of the secular-liberal assumptions by which some people hold such movements to account. The book addresses three central questions: How do movements of moral reform help us rethink the normative liberal account of politics? |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 205-223. - Index Based on the author's thesis (Stanford University, 1998) |
| Physical Description: | xxviii, 233 Seiten, 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-14980-6 0-691-14980-1 |
