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Divine Money
Islam, Zakat, and Giving in PalestineMuslim Philanthropy and Civil Society
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24,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Indiana University Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 05.09.2023 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9780253066596 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 184 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>Zakat giving or mutual aid is a sacred practice in Islam. Where government and public safety nets fail, zakat serves as a form of social security in Muslim communities. In <i>Divine Money</i>, Emanuel Schaeublin shows how zakat institutions and direct zakat donations function in contemporary Palestine.<br> <br>Based on his ethnographic fieldwork in the city of Nablus, Schaeublin traces zakat flows as they provide critical support to households living under military rule and security surveillance. In the neighborhoods of Nablus, the Islamic tradition shapes public life. Many enact simple gifts of money of food as an expression of God's generosity and justice. How do such invocations of the divine enable people to negotiate responsibilities and tensions arising from differences in wealth in Palestinian society? What is the role of zakat in confronting political repression and economic instability?</p>
<p>Acknowledgments<br>Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Anonymization<br>Introduction: An Anthropological Perspective on Zakat<br>1. Fieldwork under Military Rule: Subjecting Oneself to Lateral Disciplining<br>2. Zakat Institutions on Shifting Grounds<br>3. Concealing and Exposing Need: Shyness, Piety, and Dignity<br>4. The Piety of Giving: Modelling Direct Zakat Interactions<br>5. The Ethics of Giving and Market Transactions<br>6. The Other World and the Occupation<br>Notes<br>References<br>Index</p>
<p>Emanuel Schaeublin is an anthropologist focusing on ethics and political conflict in the Arabic-speaking Middle East and Europe. He is a senior researcher at ETH Zurich and an advisor on film productions.</p>
<p>Through close ethnographic attention to neighborly relations, greetings, coffeeshop encounters, financial transactions, stickers, posters, and gossip, Schaeublin offers an incisive account of how the Islamic tradition shapes public life in Nablus. A highly readable book, <i>Divine Money</i> beautifully illuminates the convergence of political and divine economies, offering an important contribution to our understanding of what it means to live an ethical and pious life under military occupation. </p>
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