The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society (Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies)

by Brinkley Messick (Author)

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  1997

  $34.81

  Combining anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, this book examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century onwards. It raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.