Reading Islam - Life and Politics of Brotherhood in Modern Turkey

Combining anthropological observation with textual and genealogical analysis, Fabio Vicini's Reading Islam offers a journey within the intimate relations, reading practices, and forms of intellectual engagement that regulate Muslim life in two enclosed religious communities in contemporary Istanbul.

About the author

Fabio Vicini is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Istanbul 29 Mayis University and an Affiliate Member of the School of Religious Studies, McGill University. In 2013 he has been awarded the Malcolm H. Kerr Award in the Social Sciences. His work has appeared, among others, in the British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, Culture and Religion, Anthropology & Education Quarterly, and Sociology of Islam.

Product details

• Authors: Fabio Vicini
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.11.2019
• EAN: 9789004409316
• ISBN: 978-90-04-40931-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Social, Economic and Political
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology