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The Life of Shari'a: A Comparative Anthropology of Law

The Life of Shari'a: A Comparative Anthropology of Law

Paperback

IslamGeneral Law

ISBN10: 0520410033
ISBN13: 9780520410039
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: May 27 2025
Pages: 374
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Is there a way to think about contemporary life with knowledge that is neither modern nor Western? Rather than confining Islam to a religion and shariʿa to its law, Youssef Belal provocatively argues that Islamic shariʿa is a mode of knowledge with its own concepts and scholarly categories through which the world and the self are grasped. The Life of Shariʿa considers two intertwined lineages: how Islamic scholars have formulated knowledge from the classical period to today and how Westerners have understood the law and its origins. By melding these two traditions, Belal puts the formation of modern law under a new light and offers, through a compelling conceptualization of shariʿa, a powerful argument for its continued relevance to the life of contemporary Muslims.

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