Modern Things on Trial: Islam's Global and Material Reformation in the Age of Rida, 1865-1935
Material type: TextPublisher: New York: Columbia University Press, 2019Description: 367 p., ill.; 26 cmISBN:- 9780231188661
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue: the parable of the Montgolfiere and the translation of Haleby's corpse -- Introduction: Good things made lawful: Euro-muslim objects and laissez-faire fatwas -- 1. The toilet-paper fatwa: hygienic innovation and the sacred law in the late imperial era -- 2. Fatwas for the partners' club: a global mufti's enterprise -- 3. In a material world: European expansion from Tripoli to Cairo -- 4. Paper money and consummate men: Capitalism and the rise of laissez-faire Salafism -- 5. The Qur'an in the gramophone: sounds of Islamic modernity from Cairo to Kazan -- 6. Telegraphs, photographs, railways, law codes: Tools of empire, tools of Islam -- 7. Arabian slippers: the turn to nationalistic consumption -- 8. Lottery tickets, luxury hotels, and Christian experts: Economic liberalism vs. Islamic exclusivism in a territorial framework -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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