Arguing Sainthood - Modernity, Psychoanalysis, and Islam

"Arguing Sainthood" can and should be used in courses on modernity, postcolonialism, the Middle East, South Asia, and in other courses--cultural studies, religion--where Lacanian ideas are not unfamiliar."--Michael M. J. Fischer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Katherine Pratt Ewing

Riassunto

Examines the competing forces behind the formation of a modern western subjectivity in the context of Sufi religious meanings and practices in Pakistan.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Katherine Pratt Ewing
• Editore: Duke University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.10.1997
• EAN: 9780822320241
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-2024-1
• Pagine: 328
• Dimensioni: 151 mm x 230 mm x 29 mm
• Peso: 578 g
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; Anthropologie, Islam, Pakistan, Bezug zum Islam und islamischen Gruppen