Book ID: CBB947184056

In Quest of Justice: Islamic Law and Forensic Medicine in Modern Egypt (2018)

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Fahmy, Khaled Mahmoud (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 377 pp.
Language: English

In Quest of Justice provides the first full account of the establishment and workings of a new kind of state in Egypt in the modern period. Drawing on groundbreaking research in the Egyptian archives, this highly original book shows how the state affected those subject to it and their response. Illustrating how shari’a was actually implemented, how criminal justice functioned, and how scientific-medical knowledges and practices were introduced, Khaled Fahmy offers exciting new interpretations that are neither colonial nor nationalist. Moreover he shows how lower-class Egyptians did not see modern practices that fused medical and legal purposes in new ways as contrary to Islam. This is a major contribution to our understanding of Islam and modernity.

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Authors & Contributors
Shamsy, Ahmed El
Giorgio Giulio Santonocito
Mousavi, Razieh Sadat
Abdeljaouad, Mahdi
Krawietz, Birgit
Stolz, Daniel A.
Concepts
Islam
Science and religion
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Law and legislation
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Science and society
Time Periods
Modern
Early modern
Medieval
Ancient
19th century
20th century
Places
Egypt
Europe
India
China
Ottoman Empire
Iran
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