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The Life of Shariʿa: A Comparative Anthropology of Law
Author:
Youssef Belal
ISBN:
9789395474603
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2026
Pages:
373
Size:
16 x 24 x 3 cm
Weight:
707 grams
Price:
INR
2495.00
About the Book
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.
About the Author
Youssef Belal
Youssef Belal is an anthropologist and political theorist. He is also a UN diplomat and peace mediator who served as political director of UN missions in the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Horn of Africa. He has taught at Columbia University and the University of California, Berkeley, and was named a member of Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study in 2016. He is author of
Le cheikh et le calife: Sociologie religieuse de l’Islam politique au Maroc
(The Sheikh and the Caliph: Religious Sociology of Political Islam in Morocco).
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