(P/B) THE SOCIOLOGY OF ISLAM

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The Sociology of Islam provides an accessible introduction to this emerging field of inquiry, teaching and debate. The study is located at the crucial intersection between a variety of disciplines in the social sciences and the humanities. It discusses the long-term dynamics of Islam as both a religion and as a social, political and cultural force.
The volume focuses on ideas of knowledge, power and civility to provide students and readers with analytic and critical thinking frameworks for understanding the complex social facets of Islamic traditions and institutions. The study of the sociology of Islam improves the understanding of Islam as a diverse force that drives a variety of social and political arrangements.
Delving into both conceptual questions and historical interpretations, The Sociology of Islam is a transdisciplinary, comparative resource for students, scholars, and policy makers seeking to understand Islam's complex changes throughout history and its impact on the modern world. (From the publisher)

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Introduction
Knowledge and Power in the Sociology of Islam
Knowledge/Charisma vs. Power/Wealth: The Challenge of Religious Movements
Civility as the Engine of the Knowledge-Power Equation: Islam and 'Islamdom'
PART I: PATTERNS OF CIVILITY
1 THE LIMITS OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PATH TO CIVILITY
The Origins of Modern Civil Society
Civil Society as a Site of Production of Modern Power
Folding Civil Society into a Transversal Notion of Civility
2 BROTHERHOOD AS A MATRIX OF CIVILITY: THE ISLAMIC ECUMENE AND BEYOND
Between Networking, 'Charisma,' and Social Autonomy: The Contours of 'Spiritual' Brotherhoods
Beyond Sufism: The Unfolding of the Brotherhood
Rewriting Charisma into Brotherhood
PART II: ISLAMIC CIVILITY IN HISTORICAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
3 FLEXIBLE INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND THE EXPANSIVE CIVILITY OF THE ISLAMIC ECUMENE
The Steady Expansion of Islamic Patterns of Translocal Civility
Authority, Autonomy, and Power Networks: A Grid of Flexible Institutions
The Permutable Combinations of Normativity and Civility
4 SOCIAL AUTONOMY AND CIVIC CONNECTEDNESS: THE ISLAMIC ECUMENE IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
New Patterns of Civic Connectedness Centered on the 'Commoners'
Liminality, Charisma, and Social Organization
Municipal Autonomy vs. Translocal Connectedness
PART III: MODERN ISLAMIC ARTICULATIONS OF CIVILITY
5 KNOWLEDGE AND POWER: THE CIVILIZING PROCESS BEFORE COLONIALISM
From the Mongol Impact to the Early Modern Knowledge-Power Configurations
Taming theWarriors into Games of Civility? Violence, Warfare, and Peace
The LongWave of PowerDecentralization
6 COLONIAL BLUEPRINTS OF ORDER AND CIVILITY
The Metamorphosis of Civility under Colonialism
Court Dynamics and Emerging Elites: The Complexification of the Civilizing Process
Class, Gender, and Generation: The Ultimate Testing Grounds of the Educational-Civilizing Project
7 GLOBAL CIVILITY AND ITS ISLAMIC ARTICULATIONS
The Dystopian Globalization of Civility
Diversifying Civility as the Outcome of Civilizing Processes
From Islamic Exceptionalism to a Plural Islamic Perspective
Conclusion
Overcoming Eurocentric Views: Religion and Civility within Islam/Islamdom
The Institutional Mold of Islamic Civility: Contractualism vs. Corporatism?
From the Postcolonial Condition toward New Fragile Patterns of Translocal Civility