{"product_id":"the-calligraphic-state-16-brinkley-messick-9780520205154","title":"The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society Volume 16","description":"In this innovative combination of anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, Brinkley Messick examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century to the present. The creation and interpretation of texts, from sacred scriptures to administrative and legal contracts, are among the fundamental ways that authority is established and maintained in a complex state. Yet few scholars have explored this process and the ways in which it changes, especially outside the Western world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMessick brings together intensive ethnography and textual analysis from a wealth of material: Islamic jurisprudence, Yemeni histories, local documents. In exploring the structure and transformation of literacy, law, and statecraft in Yemen, he raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brinkley Messick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520205154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520205154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.99h x 6.05w x 0.85d","brand":"Brinkley Messick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919938158847,"sku":"9780520205154","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7514df25-2ade-4ec5-93d9-00e1cd20bd8b.jpg?v=1680812737","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-calligraphic-state-16-brinkley-messick-9780520205154","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}