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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Main Author: Jung, Dietrich, 1959-
Other Authors: Petersen, Marie Juul, Sparre, Sara Lei
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Modern Muslim world.
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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.