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9781850430858

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This is a monumental book, which tells a subtle and many layered story...it becomes apparent that the story is highly pertinent to the whole region, its societies and cultures... -- Times Literary Supplement <br> For too long Islamic studies have existed in an academic ghetto...A more fruitful approach is taken by Michael Gilsenan in...this beautifully written book... -- London Review of Books <br>.,. an exceptionally lively account... -- The Middle East <br>

This is a monumental book, which tells a subtle and many layered story...it becomes apparent that the story is highly pertinent to the whole region, its societies and cultures... -- Times Literary Supplement For too long Islamic studies have existed in an academic ghetto...A more fruitful approach is taken by Michael Gilsenan in...this beautifully written book... -- London Review of Books . . .an exceptionally lively account... -- The Middle East

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Michael Gilsenan is Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures at New York University and is Emeritus Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford.

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