Isma'ili modern : globalization and identity in a Muslim community /

Steinberg, Jonah.

Isma'ili modern : globalization and identity in a Muslim community / Jonah Steinberg. - Chapel Hill : North Carolina Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xiii, 234 pages) : illustrations - - Islamic civilization and Muslim networks . - Islamic civilization & Muslim networks. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beyond territoriality -- Antecedents and precursors : the historical contexts of Ismaʻili globalization -- Fluid cartographies : Ismaʻili institutions in global context -- Universalizing Ismaʻilism : institutionalities of devotion and regimes of standardization -- Into the fold : Himalayan borderlands and Ismaʻili modernity -- Living globality : local modes of transnational experience -- Decoding globality : modern Ismaʻilism and the institutional encounter. Introduction: Conclusion:

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This title explores how Isma'ili Muslims, a major sect of Shi'i Islam, form a community that is intriguing in its deterritorialized social organization.


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Ismailiten.


Ismailites--History.
Shīʻah.
Ismaéliens--Histoire.
Chiisme.
RELIGION--Islam--Shi'a.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
Ismailites.
Shīʻah.
Ismailiten
Identität
Transnationale Politik


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