{"product_id":"the-public-sphere-in-muslim-societies-9780791453681","title":"The Public Sphere in Muslim Societies","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Miriam Hoexter | Shmuel N. Eisenstadt | Nehemia Levtzion\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural \u0026amp; Social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMultidisciplinary examination of the public sphere in \"traditional\" Muslim society.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging conventional assumptions, the contributors to this interdisciplinary volume argue that premodern Muslim societies had diverse and changing varieties of public spheres, constructed according to premises different from those of Western societies. The public sphere, conceptualized as a separate and autonomous sphere between the official and private, is used to shed new light on familiar topics in Islamic history, such as the role of the shari a (Islamic religious law), the  ulama' (Islamic scholars), schools of law, Sufi brotherhoods, the Islamic endowment institution, and the relationship between power and culture, rulers and community, from the ninth to twentieth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47590724501655,"sku":"9780791453681","price":3519.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780791453681.webp?v=1774970340","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-public-sphere-in-muslim-societies-9780791453681","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}