Politics of Piety
Download or Read eBook Politics of Piety PDF written by Saba Mahmood and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Saba Mahmood |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 267 |
Release | : 2012 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780691149806 |
ISBN-13 | : 0691149801 |
Rating | : 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Politics of Piety by : Saba Mahmood
Book excerpt: An analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement whose orthodox practices are commonly viewed as inconsequential to Egypt's political landscape. The author's exposition of these practices challenges this assumption by showing how the ethical and the political are linked within the context of such movements.