G. Marranci

Understanding Muslim Identity (eBook, PDF)

Rethinking Fundamentalism

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this timely book, Marranci critically surveys the available theories on Islamic fundamentalism and extremism. Rejecting essentialism and cultural reductionism, the book suggests that identity and emotion play an essential role in the phenomenon that has been called fundamentalism.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780230594395
• Artikelnr.: 45965044

Autorenporträt

GABRIELE MARRANCI is Associate Professor in the Anthropology of Islam, College of Humanities and Languages at the University of Western Sydney, Australia. He is the founding editor of the journal Contemporary Islam: Dynamics of Muslim Life, and the book series (with Prof. Turner) Muslims in Global Societies. He is the author of Jihad Beyond Islam and The Anthropology of Islam.