Muslim Traditions and Modern Techniques of Power

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Muslim Traditions and Modern Techniques of Power is written by Armando Salvatore and published by LIT Verlag Münster. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3825848019 (ISBN 10) and 9783825848019 (ISBN 13).

This volume deals with historical and contemporary articulations of the relation of tension between the civilizing impetus of Muslim traditions, and modern forms, fields and techniques of power. These techniques are associated with the process of state-building, as well as with the related constraints of disciplining, normative cohesion, control of the territory and monitored social differentiation. The contributions conceptualize Muslim traditions as deriving their legitimacy, authority, as well as normative and organizing power from being embedded in the discourses and institutions of Islam, which constitute one major center within world history, by now also encompassing Muslim communities within Western societies.