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Muslims and Modernity: Culture and Society since 1800

Series The New Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 6

Edited by Robert W. Hefner

Publication Date 2010

Hardback ISBN-13
9780521844437

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521844437

Overview

Unparalleled in its range of topics and geographical scope, the sixth and final volume of The New Cambridge History of Islam provides a comprehensive overview of Muslim culture and society since 1800. Robert Hefner's thought-provoking account of the political and intellectual transformation of the Muslim world introduces the volume, which proceeds with twenty-five essays by luminaries in their fields through a broad range of topics. These include developments in society and population, religious thought and Islamic law, Muslim views of modern politics and economics, education and the arts, cinema and new media. The essays, which highlight the diversity and richness of Islamic civilization, engage with regions outside the Middle East as well as within Islam's historic heartland. Narratives are clear and absorbing and will fascinate all those curious about the momentous changes that have taken place among the world's 1.4 billion Muslims in the last two centuries.

For more details of the
print book, and how to buy it online, please see
Muslims and Modernity: Culture and Society since 1800 in the Cambridge University Press online
catalogue.

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Frontmatter

Introduction: Muslims and modernity: culture and society in an age of contest and plurality
by
Robert W. Hefner

SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS

RELIGION AND LAW

POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC THOUGHT

CULTURES, ARTS AND LEARNING

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