The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society by Brinkley Messick

The Calligraphic State: Textual Domination and History in a Muslim Society

Brinkley Messick

324 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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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 interpre...

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