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Author Starrett, Gregory, 1961-

Title Putting Islam to work : education, politics, and religious transformation in Egypt / Gregory Starrett.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [1998]
©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 25
Comparative studies on Muslim societies ; 25.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index.
Summary In this book, Gregory Starrett focuses on the historical interplay of power and public culture, showing how these new forms of communication and a growing state interest in religious instruction have changed the way the Islamci tradition is reproduced.
Contents 1. Creating an Object -- 2. Education and the Management of Populations -- 3. The Progressive Policy of the Government -- 4. Learning about God -- 5. The Path of Clarification -- 6. Growing Up: Four Stories -- 7. State of Emergency -- 8. Broken Boundaries and the Politics of Fear.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Islam -- Egypt.
Islam.
Egypt.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Starrett, Gregory, 1961- Putting Islam to work. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998 0520209265 (DLC) 96050454 (OCoLC)36041685
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