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Contesting the Saudi state : Islamic voices from a new generation /
The terms Wahhabi or Salafi are seen as interchangeable and frequently misunderstood by outsiders. However, as Madawi al-Rasheed explains in a fascinating exploration of Saudi Arabia in the twenty-first century, even Saudis do not agree on their meaning. Under the influence of mass education, printi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Cambridge Middle East studies ;
25. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The terms Wahhabi or Salafi are seen as interchangeable and frequently misunderstood by outsiders. However, as Madawi al-Rasheed explains in a fascinating exploration of Saudi Arabia in the twenty-first century, even Saudis do not agree on their meaning. Under the influence of mass education, printing, new communication technology, and global media, they are forming their own conclusions and debating religion and politics in traditional and novel venues, often violating official taboos and the conservative values of the Saudi society. Drawing on classical religious sources, contemporary readings and interviews, Al-Rasheed presents an ethnography of consent and contest, exploring the fluidity of the boundaries between the religious and political. Bridging the gap between text and context, the author also examines how states and citizens manipulate religious discourse for purely political ends, and how this manipulation generates unpredictable reactions whose control escapes those who initiated them. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 308 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-302) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780511270154 0511270151 0521858364 9780521858366 0511269595 9780511269592 0511266731 9780511266737 0511268653 9780511268656 9780511492181 0511492189 9786610750504 6610750505 1107166969 9781107166967 1280750502 9781280750502 0511319428 9780511319426 |