The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies) (Volume 16)
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Language: English
Published by University of California Press, 1996
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- Title
- The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies) (Volume 16)
- Author
- Messick, Brinkley
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0520205154
- ISBN 13
- 9780520205154
- Item weight
- 499 grams
- Dimensions
- 2.03 centimeters width by 15.56 centimeters height by 23.18 centimeters depth
In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to administrative and legal contracts, are among the fundamental ways that authority is established and maintained in a complex state. Yet few scholars have explored this process and the ways in which it changes, especially outside the Western world.
Messick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In exploring the structure and transformation of literacy, law, and statecraft in Yemen, he raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.
Messick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In exploring the structure and transformation of literacy, law, and statecraft in Yemen, he raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.
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About the Author
Brinkley Messick is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan.
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