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Putting Islam to work : education, politics, and religious transformation in Egypt / Gregory Starrett

Author
Starrett, Gregory, 1961-
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, [1998]
Copyright Date
©1998
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvi, 308 pages).
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Language Note
English.
Contents
1. Creating an Object -- 2. Education and the Management of Populations -- 3. The Progressive Policy of the Government -- 4. Learning about God -- 5. The Path of Clarification -- 6. Growing Up: Four Stories -- 7. State of Emergency -- 8. Broken Boundaries and the Politics of Fear.
Summary
In this book, Gregory Starrett focuses on the historical interplay of power and public culture, showing how these new forms of communication and a growing state interest in religious instruction have changed the way the Islamci tradition is reproduced.
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ISBN
9780520919303 (electronic bk.)
0520919300 (electronic bk.)
0585130752 (electronic bk.)
9780585130750 (electronic bk.)
9780520209268 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0520209265 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780520209275 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520209273 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0520209265
0520209273
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-301) and index.
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