The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society: 16 (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies) - Hardcover

Messick, Brinkley

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ISBN 10: 0520076052 ISBN 13: 9780520076051

Verlag: University of California Press, 1992

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Book by Messick Brinkley

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This study examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late 19th century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to administrative and legal contracts, are among the fundamental ways that authority is established and maintained in a complex state. Messick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In exploring the structure and transformation of literacy, law, and statecraft in Yemen, he raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and non-Western states as well.

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"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

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0520076052
• ISBN 13: 9780520076051
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 324