The Public Sphere in Muslim Societies - SUNY series in Near Eastern Studies

Marc Notes: Bibl. ref. & index; Co-publ. by Van Leer Jerusalem Inst.; Cloth avail. @ $65.50. Publisher Marketing: Eight papers developed during a two-year workshop at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute were presented in finished form at an October 1997 international conference held there. Social scientists, historians, and area scholars argue that traditional, pre-modern Muslim society had diverse and changing va

Contributor Bio:  Hoexter, Miriam Hoexter is Associate Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Contributor Bio:  Eisenstadt, S N S. N. Eisenstadt is emeritus professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His previous books include "Multiple Modernities," "Explorations in Jewish Historical Experience," and "Power, Trust and Meaning,"Contributor Bio:  Levtzion, Nehemia Nehemia Levtzion was a director with the Council for Higher Education in Israel and was a professor of history at the Hebrew University. Contributor Bio:  Eickelman, Dale F Dale F. Eickelman is Ralph and Richard Lazarus Professor of Anthropology and Human Relations at Darmouth College.