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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Steinberg, Jonah
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : North Carolina Press, ©2011.
Series:Islamic civilization & Muslim networks.
Subjects:
Ismailiten.
Ismailites > History.
Shīʻah.
Ismaéliens > Histoire.
Chiisme.
RELIGION > Islam > Shi'a.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Ismailites
Shīʻah
Ismailiten
Identität
Transnationale Politik
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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