Sexuality in Islam

Author:   Abdelwahab Bouhdiba ,  Alan Sheridan
Publisher:   Saqi Books
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780863560866


Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 July 1998
Format:   Paperback
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Arguing that Islam is a lyrical view of life in which sexuality enjoys a privileged status, this work represents an attempt to integrate the religious and the sexual. It examines the problem of whether this harmony of sexuality and religious faith is achieved in practice. Drawing on both Arabic and Western sources, the author describes the place of sexuality in the traditional Islamic view of the world. Beginning with the Qur'an, Professor Bouhdiba confronts the question of male supremacy in Islam, and the strict separation of the masculine and the feminine. He gives an account of purification practices, of Islamic attitudes towards homosexuality, concubinage, legal marriage, and of the sexual taboos laid down by the Qur'an. He assesses contemporary sexual practice, including eroticism, mysogyny and mysticism, and concludes that the ideal Islamic model of sexuality has been debased.

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Author:   Abdelwahab Bouhdiba ,  Alan Sheridan
Publisher:   Saqi Books
Imprint:   Saqi Books
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.375kg
ISBN:  

9780863560866


ISBN 10:   0863560865
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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'Readable and informative ... an imaginative and off-beat sourcebook.' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute


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Abdelwahab Bouhdiba is Professor of Islamic Sociology at the University of Tunis, where he is also Director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Economiques et Sociales. He is an adviser to international organizations such as UNESCO and the UN, and to the Tunisian government, on issues dealing with development and on human rights.

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