The Calligraphic State
Subtitle: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies , No 16)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: June 16, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780520205154
Subjects: Anthropology; Indigenous peoples; Islam; Literary theory; World history: c 1750 to c 1900; World history: from c 1900 -; Anthropology - Cultural; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Sociology
First sentence: Viewed in detail, the development of the shari'a across the Muslim lands was a phenomenon involving specific men and specific texts.