Calligraphic State Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society

Name: Calligraphic State Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society
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ISBN: 9780520205154

ISBN-10: 0520205154

ISBN-13: 9780520205154

Edition: 1993

Authors: Brinkley Messick

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In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth 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. Yet few scholars have explored this process and the ways in which it changes, especially outside the Western world. Messick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In…

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List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/16/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 324
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.13" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Authority



Genealogies of the Text



The Pen and the Sword



Disenchantment



Transmission



Audition



The New Method



Print Culture



Interpretation



Relations of Interpretation



Sharia Society



Judicial Presence



Court Order



Inscription



Evidence of the Word



Spiral Texts


Conclusion


Biographical Guide


Glossary


Notes


Bibliography


Index