Politics of modern Muslim subjectivities : Islam, youth, and social activism in the Middle East /
This book engages in a conversation between social theory and Islamic studies. Drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity formation, it introduces a novel analytical framework to the study of Middle Eastern societies....
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- PART I: THEORETICAL AND ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK: UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY ISLAM WITH THE HELP OF SOCIAL THEORY
- 1. Modernity, Successive Modernities, and the Formation of the Modern Subject
- 2. Modern Religion, Religious Organizations and Religious Social Action
- 3. Islamic Reform and the Construction of Modern Muslim Subjectivities
- PART II: POLITICS OF MUSLIM SUBJECTIVITIES IN JORDAN
- 4. State and Islam in Jordan: The Contested Islamic Modern
- 5. Charity and Social Welfare Organizations in Jordan: Negotiating the Islamic Modern
- 6. Charity and Modern Forms of Muslim Subjectivities in Jordan
- PART III: POLITICS OF MUSLIM SUBJECTIVITIES IN EGYPT
- 7. State and Islam in Egypt: Secular Authority Versus Islamic Modernities
- 8. New Youth Organizations in Egypt: Charity and the 'Muslim Professional'
- 9. Leaders, Organizers and Volunteers: Encountering Idiosyncratic Forms of Subjectivities
- Conclusions.