Islam in Process: Historical and Civilizational Perspectives (Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam 7) (global local Islam) (Globaler lokaler Islam) - Softcover

Johann P. Arnason; Armando Salvatore; Georg Stauth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3899424913 ISBN 13: 9783899424911

Publisher: Transcript Verlag, 2007

Synopsis

The articles included in this Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam are focused on two perspectives: Some link the comparative analysis of Islam to ongoing debates on the Axial Age and its role in the formation of major civilizational complexes, while others are more concerned with the historical constellations and sources involved in the formation of Islam as a religion and a civilisation. More than any other particular line of inquiry, new historical and sociological approaches to the Axial Age revived the idea of comparative civilizational analysis and channeled it into more specific projects. A closer look at the very problematic place of Islam in this context will help to clarify questions about the Axial version of civilizational theory as well as issues in Islamic studies and sociological approaches to modern Islam. Contributors among others: Said Arjomand, Shmuel N Eisenstadt, Josef van Ess and Raif G Khoury.

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About the Authors

Johann P. Arnason is a sociologist who has widely published on related issues.

Armando Salvatore is a sociologist who has widely published on related issues.

Georg Stauth (Prof. Dr.) teaches Sociology of Islam at the University of Bielefeld.

Edition details

• Publisher: Transcript Verlag
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3899424913
• ISBN 13: 9783899424911
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Johann P. Arnason, Armando Salvatore, Georg Stauth