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Isma'ili modern : globalization and identity in a Muslim community /

This title explores how Isma'ili Muslims, a major sect of Shi'i Islam, form a community that is intriguing in its deterritorialized social organization.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinberg, Jonah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Colección:Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Beyond territoriality
  • Antecedents and precursors : the historical contexts of Ismaʻili globalization
  • Fluid cartographies : Ismaʻili institutions in global context
  • Universalizing Ismaʻilism : institutionalities of devotion and regimes of standardization
  • Into the fold : Himalayan borderlands and Ismaʻili modernity
  • Living globality : local modes of transnational experience
  • Conclusion: Decoding globality : modern Ismaʻilism and the institutional encounter.