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9780791453681

The Public Sphere in Muslim Societies

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791453681

  • ISBN10:

    0791453685

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-07-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Author Biography

Miriam Hoexter is Associate Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Shmuel N. Eisenstadt is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Senior Fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute Nehemia Levtzion is Fuld and Bamberger Professor of History of the Muslim Peoples at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Note on Transliteration ix
Foreword: the Religious Public Sphere in Early Muslim Societies 1(8)
Dale F. Eickelman
Introduction 9(8)
Miriam Hoexter
Nehemia Levtzion
The Mihna (Inquisition) and the Public Sphere
17(14)
Nimrod Hurvitz
Religious Leadership and Associations in the Public Sphere of Seljuk Baghdad
31(18)
Daphna Ephrat
Religion in the Public Sphere: Rulers, Scholars, and Commoners in Syria Under Zangid and Ayyubid Rule (1150-1260)
49(16)
Daniella Talmon-Heller
The Public Sphere and Civil Society in the Ottoman Empire
65(18)
Haim Gerber
The Qadi's Role in the Islamization of Sedentary Tribal Society
83(26)
Aharon Layish
The Dynamics of Sufi Brotherhoods
109(10)
Nehemia Levtzion
The Waqf and the Public Sphere
119(20)
Miriam Hoexter
Concluding Remarks: Public Sphere, Civil Society, and Political Dynamics in Islamic Societies
139(24)
Shmuel N. Eisenstadt
Works Cited 163(22)
List of Contributors 185(2)
Index 187

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