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Muslim Community Organizations in the West
The book focusses on the historical emergence and contemporary challenges of Muslim community organizations and their struggle for recognition as ordinary voices in multiethnic and multi-religious civil societies of Western democracies. It offers a range of different perspectives on how Muslim communities position themselves and navigate the social and political landscape shaped by, on the one hand, normalization of ethno-religious diversity and, on the other, ongoing misrecognition and essentialisation of Muslims in the West. The contributions from internationally acclaimed scholars as well as emerging researchers from Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland and Australia shine new light on both country-specific similarities and divergences.
Traditionalism
From a leading expert comes an intellectual history and analysis of Traditionalism, one of the least known and most influential philosophies that continues to impact politics today Traditionalism is a shadowy philosophy that has influenced much of the twentieth century and beyond: from the far-right to the environmental movement, from Sufi shaykhs and their followers to Trump advisor and right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon. It is a worldview that rejects modernity and instead turns to mystical truth and tradition as its guide. Mark Sedgwick, one of the world's leading scholars of Traditionalism, presents a major new analysis, pulling back the curtain on the foundations of Traditionalist phil...
The Winds of History
Based on extensive archival research in six countries and intensive fieldwork, the book analyzes the history of the village of Nkholongue on the eastern (Mozambican) shores of Lake Malawi from the time of its formation in the 19th century to the present day. The study uses Nkholongue as a microhistorical lens to examine such diverse topics as the slave trade, the spread of Islam, colonization, subsistence production, counter-insurgency, decolonization, civil war, ecotourism, and matriliny. Thereby, the book attempts to reflect as much as possible on the generalizability and (global) comparability of local findings by framing analyses in historiographical discussions that aim to go beyond the...
Religious NGOs in International Relations
Over the last 30 years, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have become increasingly present in international discourses and active in international decision-making. Among the estimated several million NGOs in existence today, an increasingly visible number of organizations are defining themselves in religious terms – referring to themselves as "religious", "spiritual", or "faith-based" NGOs. This book documents the initial encounters between the particularly international segment of those organizations and the UN while at the same time covering the Protestant and Catholic spectrum that dominated the early years of their activities in the UN-context. This book focuses on the construct...
Civilization, Modernity, and Critique
Civilization, Modernity, and Critique provides the first comprehensive, cutting-edge engagement with the work of one of the most foundational figures in civilizational analysis: Jóhann P. Árnason. In order to do justice to Árnason’s seminal and wide-ranging contributions to sociology, social theory and history, it brings together distinguished scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds and geographical contexts. Through a critical, interdisciplinary dialogue, it offers an enrichment and expansion of the methodological, theoretical, and applicative scope of civilizational analysis, by addressing some of the most complex and pressing problems of contemporary global society. A unique and timely contribution to the ongoing task of advancing the project of a critical theory of society, this volume will appeal to scholars of sociology and social theory with interests in historical sociology, critical theory and civilizational analysis.
Islam in German East Africa, 1885–1918
In this rich and multi-layered deconstruction of German colonial engagement with Islam, Jörg Haustein shows how imperial agents in Germany’s largest colony wielded the knowledge category of Islam in a broad set of debates, ranging from race, language, and education to slavery, law, conflict, and war. These representations of ‘Mohammedanism’, often invoked for particular political ends, amounted to a serious misreading of Muslims in East Africa, with significant long-term effects. As the first in-depth account of the politics of Islam in German East Africa, the book makes an essential contribution to the history of religion in Tanzania before British rule. It also offers a template for re-reading the colonial archive in a manner that recovers Muslim agency beyond a European paradigm of religion.
Verflochtene Identitäten
Ricarda Stegmann widmet sich der Großen Moschee von Paris, einer der symbolträchtigsten Moscheen in Frankreich. Die Moschee von Paris wurde 1926 im Gelehrtenviertel »Quartier Latin« eröffnet und war tief in kolonialpolitische Agenden verwoben. Heute, ein halbes Jahrhundert nach der Unabhängigkeit der französischen Kolonien und Protektorate, ist sie Kristallisationsfläche diverser Forderungen. So verwaltet der algerische Staat hier einen offiziellen algerischen »Staatsislam«, aber auch französisch-islampolitische Interessen werden auf die Moschee von Paris gerichtet. Stegmann analysiert genau diese teils widersprüchlichen Zuschreibungen, mit denen die Akteure an der Moschee konfro...
Die mediale Religion
Die »mediale Religion« bedeutet stets ein theologisches Problem, das den Vorrang der unmittelbaren religiösen Erfahrung in Frage stellt. In der Religionswissenschaft wie auch in der Wissenssoziologie nach Max Scheler, Peter L. Berger und Thomas Luckmann führte dieses erfahrungsorientierte Religionsverständnis zu einer Marginalisierung der medialen Präsentationsformen von Religionen. Mit Bezug auf »Heilige Schriften«, Film, Hörfunk, Fernsehen und Internet zeigt Oliver Krüger die Perspektiven der religionswissenschaftlichen Medienforschung auf. Seine wissenssoziologisch fundierten Analysen verweisen schließlich auf eine Meistererzählung von der ursprünglichen Einheit der Menschen, die für die religiöse Deutung von Medien prägend war.
Reconfigurations of Political Space in the Caucasus
In order to analyse configurations of power that transcend the territorial trap, the Caucasus is an excellent case in point. Its past and present exhibit an extraordinary richness in power practices of diverse forms that intersect on various scales. This comprehensive volume offers an innovative procedural perspective on the actual workings of power not necessarily tied to the nation-state. Its focus goes well beyond national scales to tackle the manifold impacts of transboundary flows. The authors, from a wide range of academic disciplines, provide original empirical data from this intriguing but largely untapped region, with respect to the critical study of statehood. They also shed light ...
