Muslim Politics
Dale F. Eickelman & James Piscatori

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Figures
	Preface
1	What Is Muslim Politics?	3
	Imagining Politics	5
	The Language of Politics	11
	Doctrine and Political Action	16
	Setting Boundaries	18
2	The Invention of Tradition in Muslim Politics	22
	The "Modernization" of Muslim Societies	22
	The Blurring of Tradition and Modernity	28
	The Objectification of Muslim Consciousness	37
3	Sacred Authority in Contemporary Muslim Societies	46
	The Linkage of Religion and Politics	46
	Authority and the Interpretation of Symbols	57
	Networks of Authority	68
4	The "Firmest Tie" and the Ties That Bind: The Politics of Family and Ethnicity	80
	The Politics of Family	83
	Women in the Muslim Political Imagination	89
	Ethnicity	99
5	Protest and Bargaining in Muslim Politics	108
	Membership and Organization	109
	The Technologies and Culture of Protest	121
	The Fragmentation of Authority	131
6	Muslim Politics: A Changing Political Geography	136
	Transnational Linkages	138
	The Civic Geography of Muslim Politics	155
	Of Paradigms and Policies	162
	Notes	165
	Glossary	175
	Annotated Bibliography	179
	References	183
	Index	219

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