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Islamic Prayer Across The Indian Ocean - Inside And Outside The Mosque

by David Parkin e Stephen Headley

70,21€ + 10% CARD

 In its attempt to squash the influence of animism and pantheism or polytheism and to promote the idea of the One and Only Absolute God, Islam has come up against a tendency within itself to incorporate certain local religious traditions and practices. This book shares that combination of universality and local particularity, exploring this paradox and the contradictory tendencies contained in it.
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Islamic Prayer Across The Indian Ocean - Inside And Outside The Mosque

by David Parkin e Stephen Headley

70,21€ + 10% CARD

 In its attempt to squash the influence of animism and pantheism or polytheism and to promote the idea of the One and Only Absolute God, Islam has come up against a tendency within itself to incorporate certain local religious traditions and practices. This book shares that combination of universality and local particularity, exploring this paradox and the contradictory tendencies contained in it.
ENGLISH

Indian Ocean Studies - Cultural, Social, And Political Perspectives

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 Famously referred to as the "cradle of globalization," the Indian Ocean has received increasing attention from scholars. However, few have examined the 'human' dimensions of the ocean. In this volume, historians, geographers, anthropologists and literary analysts each address a specific human factor in Indian Ocean exchanges.
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Textiles In Indian Ocean Societies

72,86€ + 10% CARD

 This is the first dedicated book to concentrate on textiles as a major commodity, and primary indicator of status, wealth and identity in Indian Ocean regions.
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Sufis And Scholars Of The Sea - Family Networks In East Africa, 1860-1925

by Anne Bang

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 Anne Bang focuses on the ways in which a particular Islamic brotherhood, or 'tariqa', the tariqa Alawiyya, spread, maintained and propagated their particular brand of the Islamic faith.
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Ships And The Development Of Maritime Technology On The Indian Ocean

68,89€ + 10% CARD

 Explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional identity.
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Ships And The Development Of Maritime Technology On The Indian Ocean

68,89€ + 10% CARD

 Explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional identity.
ENGLISH

Indian Ocean Studies - Cultural, Social, And Political Perspectives

78,16€ + 10% CARD

 Famously referred to as the "cradle of globalization," the Indian Ocean has received increasing attention from scholars. However, few have examined the 'human' dimensions of the ocean. In this volume, historians, geographers, anthropologists and literary analysts each address a specific human factor in Indian Ocean exchanges.
ENGLISH

Textiles In Indian Ocean Societies

72,86€ + 10% CARD

 This is the first dedicated book to concentrate on textiles as a major commodity, and primary indicator of status, wealth and identity in Indian Ocean regions.
ENGLISH

Sufis And Scholars Of The Sea - Family Networks In East Africa, 1860-1925

by Anne Bang

64,91€ + 10% CARD

 Anne Bang focuses on the ways in which a particular Islamic brotherhood, or 'tariqa', the tariqa Alawiyya, spread, maintained and propagated their particular brand of the Islamic faith.
ENGLISH

Muslim Society And The Western Indian Ocean - The Seafarers Of Kachchh

by Edward Simpson

49,01€ + 10% CARD

 <P>Based on substantial ethnographic, textual and archival research, this interesting book offers a new perspective on the anthropology of the western Indian Ocean. Writing in a clear, engaging style, and covering an impressive range of theoretical terrain, Simpson critically explores the relationships between people and things that give life to the region and drive shifting patterns of social change among Muslims in the highly-politicized state of Gujarat. </P><P>Scholars of the Indian Ocean, Muslim society in South Asia, and Hindu nationalism, as well as anthropologists in general, will find this a fascinating read and a major contribution to research in this area.</P>
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Muslim Society And The Western Indian Ocean - The Seafarers Of Kachchh

by Edward Simpson

49,01€ + 10% CARD

 <P>Based on substantial ethnographic, textual and archival research, this interesting book offers a new perspective on the anthropology of the western Indian Ocean. Writing in a clear, engaging style, and covering an impressive range of theoretical terrain, Simpson critically explores the relationships between people and things that give life to the region and drive shifting patterns of social change among Muslims in the highly-politicized state of Gujarat. </P><P>Scholars of the Indian Ocean, Muslim society in South Asia, and Hindu nationalism, as well as anthropologists in general, will find this a fascinating read and a major contribution to research in this area.</P>
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Sufis And Scholars Of The Sea - Family Networks In East Africa, 1860-1925

by Anne Bang

66,23€ + 10% CARD

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 Anne Bang focuses on the ways in which a particular Islamic brotherhood, or 'tariqa', the tariqa Alawiyya, spread, maintained and propagated their particular brand of the Islamic faith.
ENGLISH

Sufis And Scholars Of The Sea - Family Networks In East Africa, 1860-1925

by Anne Bang

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 Anne Bang focuses on the ways in which a particular Islamic brotherhood, or 'tariqa', the tariqa Alawiyya, spread, maintained and propagated their particular brand of the Islamic faith.
ENGLISH

Textiles In Indian Ocean Societies

74,34€ + 10% CARD

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 This is the first dedicated book to concentrate on textiles as a major commodity, and primary indicator of status, wealth and identity in Indian Ocean regions.
ENGLISH

Indian Ocean Studies - Cultural, Social, And Political Perspectives

79,75€ + 10% CARD

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 Famously referred to as the "cradle of globalization," the Indian Ocean has received increasing attention from scholars. However, few have examined the 'human' dimensions of the ocean. In this volume, historians, geographers, anthropologists and literary analysts each address a specific human factor in Indian Ocean exchanges.
ENGLISH

Textiles In Indian Ocean Societies

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 This is the first dedicated book to concentrate on textiles as a major commodity, and primary indicator of status, wealth and identity in Indian Ocean regions.
ENGLISH

Muslim Society And The Western Indian Ocean - The Seafarers Of Kachchh

by Edward (Goldsmiths College, University Of London, Uk) Simpson

63,53€ + 10% CARD

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 Based on extensive research, this book explores politics and religion among coastal Muslims of Gujarat. The author's ethnographic analysis of labour, migration and patterns of Islam in the region suggests a new perspective on the anthropology of the western Indian Ocean.
ENGLISH

Indian Ocean Studies - Cultural, Social, And Political Perspectives

216,30€ + 10% CARD

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 Famously referred to as the "cradle of globalization," the Indian Ocean has received increasing attention from scholars. However, few have examined the 'human' dimensions of the ocean. In this volume, historians, geographers, anthropologists and literary analysts each address a specific human factor in Indian Ocean exchanges.
ENGLISH

Islamic Prayer Across The Indian Ocean - Inside And Outside The Mosque

by David Parkin e Stephen Headley

209,54€ + 10% CARD

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 This text analyses the inner dualities and oppositions of practice and belief found within the Islamic faith.
ENGLISH

Muslim Society And The Western Indian Ocean - The Seafarers Of Kachchh

by Edward (Goldsmiths College, University Of London, Uk) Simpson

135,18€ + 10% CARD

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 Based on extensive research, this book explores politics and religion among coastal Muslims of Gujarat. The author's ethnographic analysis of labour, migration and patterns of Islam in the region suggests a new perspective on the anthropology of the western Indian Ocean.
ENGLISH

Ships And The Development Of Maritime Technology On The Indian Ocean

70,29€

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 Explores the types of ships, methods of navigation and modes of water-borne trade in the Indian Ocean region and the way they affected the development of distinctive settlements against a changing but strong sense of regional identity.

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