The Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate. The study is located at the crucial intersection between a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. It discusses the long-term dynamics of Islam as both a religion and as a social, political and cultural force.The volume focuses on ideas of knowledge, power and civility to provide students and readers with analytic and critical thinkin...

The sociology of the Middle East has been an expanding field of inquiry since the aftermath of World War II when the Middle East became central in key sociological debates on modernization theory and their critical responses. The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of the Middle East connects this historical trajectory with the emergence of the sociology of Islam, inspired by Max Weber. It explores how within the global community, the Middle East has become a terrain of heightened co...

Islam and the Drive to Global Justice: Principles of Justice Beyond Dominant Ethnic and Religious Communities contributes to the current debate over Islam in a globalizing world by drawing on the contemporary and historical justice discourse within the Islamic traditions, and by examining policies and practices of global powers towards Muslim populations in the Global South. The discussions aim at bringing insights from Islamic authoritative sources and scholarly literature, and to enrich ...

Salvatore Vendittelli collabora con Carmelo Bene nei primi di attività dell’attore e regista pugliese, fra il 1961 e il 1971. Un periodo cruciale dell’attività di Bene, ancora oggi poco indagato, che attraverso questo libro possiamo conoscere e comprendere meglio nei suoi diversi aspetti. Le parole appassionate di Vendittelli inoltrano il lettore nello straordinario e magmatico laboratorio teatrale di Bene, evidenziando gli snodi principali del suo lavorio artistico, nonché i picchi della ...

Questo breve testo è la rilettura in chiave moderna di un'opera di Arthur Schopenhauer. Venne pubblicata postuma per il pudore dell'Autore, che non la riteneva in linea con il suo pensiero e l'etica. Il lettore è in grado di decidere cosa fare degli stratagemmi per prevalere sull'avversario. Di sicuro i personaggi riportati non sono sempre esemplari di correttezza e virtù.

A theoretically rich, nuanced history of Islam and Islamic civilization with a unique sociological componentThis major new reference work offers a complete historical and theoretically informed view of Islam as both a religion and a sociocultural force. Uniquely comprehensive, it surveys and discusses the transformation of Muslim societies in different eras and various regions, providing a broad narrative of the historical development of Islamic civilization.