Encounters with Islam : Studies in the Anthropology of Muslim Cultures
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Too often, Western encounters with the Islamic world commence with stereotypes and end with a renewed distance. Drawing from decades of experience studying the Muslim world, Lawrence Rosen challenges these narrow understandings. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Rosen shows the wide-ranging significance of Muslim art, culture, and law around the world. Exploring political, economic, and social encounters within and with the Muslim world across the eras, he considers a wide range of contexts - from fifteenth-century mosaics in Central Asia that reveal a complex understanding of mathematics, to the political choices available to the youth of modern-day Morocco and Cairo. With in-depth analyses of art, law, and religion, and how they informed one another, Rosen develops a vibrant, nuanced portrait of the Islamic world. Drawing linkages across time, regions, and cultures, this is a significant anthropological study of the Islamic world from a seasoned scholar.
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- ISBN-13: 9781009388986
- ISBN-10: 1009388983
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: September 2023
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.98 x 0.47 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.75 pounds
- Page Count: 256
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