James Piscatori, Amin Saikal

Islam Beyond Borders

The Umma in World Politics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Revealing how the one community of the faith in the Qur'an, the umma, affects competing politics of identity in the Muslim world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 149mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9781108740555
• ISBN-10: 1108740553
• Artikelnr.: 56714372

Autorenporträt

James Piscatori is Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University. He is a recipient of research grants, including those awarded by the Ford Foundation, British Academy, and the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), he is a member of the Society of Fellows at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of Islam in a World of Nation-States (1986) and co-author of Muslim Politics (1994) with Dale F. Eickelman.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Sunni constructions of the Umma
3. Shi'a Islam and the Umma
4. Saudi 'guardianship' of the Umma
5. ISIS's conception of the Umma
6. Conclusion.