Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 304 p)
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ill
ISBN:
1282703080
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9781282703087
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9780748637331
Content:
This exploration of the role of violence in the history of Islamic societies considers the subject particularly in the context of its implementation as a political strategy to claim power over the public sphere. Violence, both among Muslims and between Muslims and non-Muslims, has been the object of research in the past, as in the case of jihad, martyrdom, rebellion or criminal law. This book goes beyond these concerns in addressing, in a comprehensive and cross-disciplinary fashion, how violence has functioned as a basic principle of Islamic social and political organization in a variety of h
Note:
"The bulk of the contributions in this volume go back to the international conference 'The public display of violence in Islamic societies (seventh-eighteenth centuries)' which was held ... in Madrid (15-16 June 2006)."--p. viii
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1282702955
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780748637317
Additional Edition:
Print version Public Violence in Islamic Societies : Power, Discipline, and the Construction of the Public Sphere, 7th-19th Centuries CE
Language:
English
Author information:
Fierro, Maribel 1956-
Author information:
Lange, Christian Robert 1975-
