The Calligraphic State

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

Klappentext
"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

Zusammenfassung
Combining anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, this book examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century onwards. It raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.

Inhalt
ILLUSTRATIONS 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
INTRODUCTION

PART I· AUTHORITY 
Chapter 1. Genealogies of the Text 
Chapter 2. The Pen and the Sword 
Chapter 3. Disenchantment 

PART II· TRANSMISSION 
Chapter 4. Audition 
Chapter 5. The New Method 
Chapter 6. Print Culture 

PART III· INTERPRETATION 
Chapter 7. Relations of Interpretation 
Chapter 8. Shari'a Society 
Chapter 9. Judicial Presence 
Chapter I0. Court Order 

PART IV· INSCRIPTION 
Chapter 11. Evidence of the Word 
Chapter 12. Spiral Texts 

CONCLUSION 
BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE 
GLOSSARY 
NOTES 
BIBLIOGRAPHY 
INDEX 

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