This study examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late 19th century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to administrative and legal contracts, are among the fundamental ways that authority is established and maintained in a complex state. Messick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In exploring the structure and transformation ...
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This study examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late 19th century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to administrative and legal contracts, are among the fundamental ways that authority is established and maintained in a complex state. Messick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In exploring the structure and transformation of literacy, law, and statecraft in Yemen, he raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and non-Western states as well.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Black cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book has handsome boards and tight binding, text clean and unmarked. DJ gently rubbed and edgeworn.
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Book. Octavo; pp 341; VG/G; gray spine with brown text; dust jacket shows light sunning to spine; mild rubbing to exterior; cloth has light wear to exterior; intact panels; text block shows light wear to exterior edges; interior clean; illustrated; inscribed by author NOTE: Shelved in Room X, Case #5.1. 1316304. FP New Rockville Stock.