The Sociology of Islam : Collected Essays of Bryan S. Turner.
Turner, Bryan S.
The Sociology of Islam : Collected Essays of Bryan S. Turner. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (325 pages) - Contemporary Thought in the Islamic World Series . - Contemporary Thought in the Islamic World Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction Bryan S. Turner: Building the Sociology of Islam -- Introduction to Section I Classical Approaches - Understanding Islam -- 1 Islam, Capitalism and the Weber Theses -- 2 Origins and Traditions in Islam and Christianity -- 3 State, Science and Economy in Traditional Societies: Some Problems in Weberian Sociology of Science -- 4 Conscience in the Construction of Religion: A Critique of Marshall G.S. Hodgson's The Venture of Islam -- Introduction to Section II Orientalist Debate - Positioning Islam -- 5 Orientalism, Islam and Capitalism -- 6 On the Concept of Axial Space: Orientalism and the Originary -- 7 Orientalism, or the Politics of the Text -- 8 Leibniz, Islam and Cosmopolitan Virtue -- Introduction to Section III Islam Today - Sociological Perspectives -- 9 Sovereignty and Emergency: Political Theology, Islam and American Conservatism -- 10 Class, Generation and Islamism: Towards a Global Sociology of Political Islam -- 11 Religious Authority and the New Media -- 12 Women, Piety and Practice: A Study of Women and Religious Practice in Malaysia -- 13 The Body and Piety: The Hijab and Marriage -- 14 Islam, Diaspora, and Multiculturalism -- 15 Shari'a and Legal Pluralism in the West -- Appendix Further Readings by Bryan S. Turner on the Sociology of Religion/Islam -- Index.
Taking a thematic approach, Bryan S. Turner draws together his important writings in sociology and Islam which engage with the relationship of Islam and the ideas of Western social thinkers. Turner engages with the broad categories of capitalism, orientalism, modernity, gender, and citizenship among others, as he explores how Muslims adapt to the changing times and how Islam has come to be managed by those in power.
9781317015314
Islamic sociology.
Islam.
Islamic civilization.
Electronic books.
BP173.25 .S635 2016
306.6/97
The Sociology of Islam : Collected Essays of Bryan S. Turner. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (325 pages) - Contemporary Thought in the Islamic World Series . - Contemporary Thought in the Islamic World Series .
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction Bryan S. Turner: Building the Sociology of Islam -- Introduction to Section I Classical Approaches - Understanding Islam -- 1 Islam, Capitalism and the Weber Theses -- 2 Origins and Traditions in Islam and Christianity -- 3 State, Science and Economy in Traditional Societies: Some Problems in Weberian Sociology of Science -- 4 Conscience in the Construction of Religion: A Critique of Marshall G.S. Hodgson's The Venture of Islam -- Introduction to Section II Orientalist Debate - Positioning Islam -- 5 Orientalism, Islam and Capitalism -- 6 On the Concept of Axial Space: Orientalism and the Originary -- 7 Orientalism, or the Politics of the Text -- 8 Leibniz, Islam and Cosmopolitan Virtue -- Introduction to Section III Islam Today - Sociological Perspectives -- 9 Sovereignty and Emergency: Political Theology, Islam and American Conservatism -- 10 Class, Generation and Islamism: Towards a Global Sociology of Political Islam -- 11 Religious Authority and the New Media -- 12 Women, Piety and Practice: A Study of Women and Religious Practice in Malaysia -- 13 The Body and Piety: The Hijab and Marriage -- 14 Islam, Diaspora, and Multiculturalism -- 15 Shari'a and Legal Pluralism in the West -- Appendix Further Readings by Bryan S. Turner on the Sociology of Religion/Islam -- Index.
Taking a thematic approach, Bryan S. Turner draws together his important writings in sociology and Islam which engage with the relationship of Islam and the ideas of Western social thinkers. Turner engages with the broad categories of capitalism, orientalism, modernity, gender, and citizenship among others, as he explores how Muslims adapt to the changing times and how Islam has come to be managed by those in power.
9781317015314
Islamic sociology.
Islam.
Islamic civilization.
Electronic books.
BP173.25 .S635 2016
306.6/97