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Introduction Reconstructing the Public Sphere in Muslim Majority Societies

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Religion, Social Practice, and Contested Hegemonies

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The collection of essays in this volume examines how modern public spheres reflect and mask—often simultaneously— discourses of order, contests for hegemony, and techniques of power in the Muslim world. Although the contributors examine various time periods and locations, each views modern and contemporary public spheres as crucial to the functioning, and thus understanding, of political and societal power in Muslim majority countries. Part I of this volume analyzes the various discourses and technologies operating within Muslim public spheres; part II investigates how they impact and interact with the construction of moral and legal arguments within Muslim societies.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut), Essen, Germany

    Armando Salvatore (Senior Research Fellow) (Senior Research Fellow)

  2. Institute of Social Science, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany

    Armando Salvatore (Senior Research Fellow) (Senior Research Fellow)

  3. University of California, Irvine, USA

    Mark LeVine (Associate Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, Culture, and Islamic Studies) (Associate Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, Culture, and Islamic Studies)

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Salvatore, A., LeVine, M. (2005). Introduction Reconstructing the Public Sphere in Muslim Majority Societies. In: Salvatore, A., LeVine, M. (eds) Religion, Social Practice, and Contested Hegemonies. Culture and Religion in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403979247_1

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