Islam in Process
Historical and Civilizational Perspectives (Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam 7)
1st Edition
Published on 15. September 2015
332 pages
978-3-8394-0491-1 (ISBN)
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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 civilization.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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»Diejenigen, die sich auf eine genaue Lektüre einlassen, werden je nach Interesse in unterschiedlichem Umfang Anregungen und Anstöße aus diesem Band mitnehmen können, besonders was die frühe Zeit des Islam betrifft.«More details
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Historical and Civilizational Perspectives (Yearbook of the Sociology of Islam 7)
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Armando Salvatore, Soziologe, Deutschland
Georg Stauth, Soziologe, Deutschland
Georg Stauth lehrte Soziologie an der Universität Bielefeld und leitete eine Forschergruppe zu »Heiligen Orten« im Sonderforschungsbereich »Kulturelle und sprachliche Kontakte« an der Universität Mainz sowie eine internationale Studiengruppe zu »Islam und Moderne« am Kulturwissenschaftlichen Institut in Essen.
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