Hoexter, Miriam ; Eisenstadt, S. N. (Shmuel Noah) ; & Levtzion, Nehemia ; editors:
The Public Sphere in Muslim Societies
Albany [NY], State University of New York, (2002). orig.boards. 24x15cm, ix,191 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG.
¶ Contents: The mihna (inquisition) and the public sphere / Nimrod Hurvitz --Religious leadership and associations in the public sphere of Seljuk Baghdad / Daphna Ephrat -- Religion in the public sphere: rulers, scholars,and commoners in Syria under Zangid and Ayyubid rule (1150-1260) / Daniella Talmon-Heller -- The public sphere and civil society in the Ottoman Empire / Haim Gerber -- The Qad?i’s Role in the Islamization of sedentary tribal society / Aharon Layish -- The dynamics of Sufi brotherhoods / Nehemia Levtzion -- The Waqf and the public sphere / Miriam Hoexter -- Concluding remarks: Public sphere, civil society, and political dynamics in Islamic societies / Shmuel N. Eisenstadt.

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Keywords: Islamic Sociology, Islam, State, Justice, Religion, Political History, Politics, ,