Politics of Modern Muslim Subjectivities: Islam, Youth, and Social Activism in the Middle East

By Sara Cathrine Lei Sparre, Marie Juul Petersen, Dietrich Jung, et al.

Book Overview

Examining modern Muslim identity constructions, the authors introduce a novel analytical framework to Islamic Studies, drawing on theories of successive modernities, sociology of religion, and poststructuralist approaches to modern subjectivity, as well as the results of extensive fieldwork in the Middle East, particularly Egypt and Jordan.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137380632
• ISBN13: 9781137380630
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"