Muslim Society
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"Muslim Society" is a seminal sociological study by Ernest Gellner that analyzes the structure, beliefs, and social organization of Islamic communities across history and regions.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Muslim Society canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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sociological study ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
Islamic studies
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anthropology ⓘ sociology ⓘ |
| analyzes |
historical development of Muslim societies
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regional variations in Islamic practice ⓘ |
| author | Ernest Gellner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesTo |
debates on modernity in Muslim contexts
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theory of segmentary societies ⓘ understanding of religious authority in Islam ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| critiquedFor |
generalizations about Muslim societies
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orientalist tendencies by some scholars ⓘ |
| examines |
Islamic law
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Islamic reform movements ⓘ orthodoxy and heterodoxy in Islam ⓘ relationship between religion and state in Islam ⓘ saint cults and popular religion in Islam ⓘ tribal structures in Muslim regions ⓘ ulama ⓘ urban-rural dynamics in Muslim societies ⓘ |
| field |
comparative sociology
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political anthropology ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
beliefs in Islam
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social organization of Muslim communities ⓘ structure of Islamic communities ⓘ |
| genre |
social anthropology
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sociology of religion ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
functional analysis of religious institutions
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modernist interpretation of Islam ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
influential in Islamic studies
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seminal work in sociology of Islam ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Max Weber
NERFINISHED
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classical social theory ⓘ Émile Durkheim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Islam
NERFINISHED
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Muslim societies ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 20th century ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Nations and Nationalism
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Postmodernism, Reason and Religion NERFINISHED ⓘ Thought and Change NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theorizes | relationship between Islam and social structure ⓘ |
| usedIn |
university courses on Middle Eastern studies
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university courses on sociology of religion ⓘ |
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