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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instanceOf book ⓘ
sociological study ⓘ
academicDiscipline Islamic studies ⓘ
anthropology ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
analyzes historical development of Muslim societies ⓘ
regional variations in Islamic practice ⓘ
author Ernest Gellner ⓘ
contributesTo debates on modernity in Muslim contexts ⓘ
theory of segmentary societies ⓘ
understanding of religious authority in Islam ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
critiquedFor generalizations about Muslim societies ⓘ
orientalist tendencies by some scholars ⓘ
examines Islamic law ⓘ
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 ⓘ
political anthropology ⓘ
focusesOn beliefs in Islam ⓘ
social organization of Muslim communities ⓘ
structure of Islamic communities ⓘ
genre social anthropology ⓘ
sociology of religion ⓘ
hasPerspective functional analysis of religious institutions ⓘ
modernist interpretation of Islam ⓘ
hasReputation influential in Islamic studies ⓘ
seminal work in sociology of Islam ⓘ
influencedBy Max Weber ⓘ
classical social theory ⓘ
Émile Durkheim ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Islam ⓘ
Muslim societies ⓘ
publicationCentury 20th century ⓘ
relatedWork Nations and Nationalism ⓘ
Postmodernism, Reason and Religion ⓘ
Thought and Change ⓘ
theorizes relationship between Islam and social structure ⓘ
usedIn university courses on Middle Eastern studies ⓘ
university courses on sociology of religion ⓘ

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