Bauer A Culture of Ambiguity

An Alternative History of Islam
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-231-55332-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

In this magisterial cultural and intellectual history, Thomas Bauer reconsiders classical and modern Islam by tracing differing attitudes toward ambiguity. Over a span of many centuries, he explores the tension between one strand that aspires to annihilate all uncertainties and a competing tendency that looks for ways to live with complexity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bauer, Thomas

Weitere Mitwirkende

Biesterfeldt, Hinrich

Tunstall, Tricia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Geschichte des Islam
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Introduction
1. Cultural Ambiguity
2. Does God Speak in Textual Variants?
3. Does God Speak Ambiguously?
4. The Blessing of Dissent
5. The Islamization of Islam
6. Language: A Serious Business and a Game
7. The Ambiguity of Sexual Desire
8. The Serene Look at the World
9. In Quest of Certainty
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Bauer is professor and director of the Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies at the University of Münster. He is the author of several acclaimed books in German.

Hinrich Biesterfeldt is a retired professor of Oriental philology and Islamic studies at Ruhr University Bochum.

Tricia Tunstall is an author, editor, and music educator.