The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

Politics of Piety

Paperback • 2005

Politics of Piety

By Saba Mahmood

2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

Politics of Piety is a groundbreaking analysis of Islamist cultural politics through the ethnography of a thriving, grassroots women's piety movement in the mosques of Cairo, Egypt. Unlike those organized Islamist activities that seek to seize or transform the state, this is a moral reform movement whose orthodox practices are commonly viewed as inconsequential to Egypt's political landscape. Saba Mahmood's compelling exposition of these practices challenges this assumption by showing how the et...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780691149806

Published year

2005

Language

Original title

Politics of Piety

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

2 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

You might also like

The Muslim Brotherhood Ideology, History, Descendants

The Muslim Brotherhood Ideology, History, Descendants

Joas Wagemakers

Women Are the Future of Islam

Women Are the Future of Islam

Sherin Khankan

Citizen and Subject

Citizen and Subject

Mahmood Mamdani

Islamic thought

Islamic thought

Abdullah Saeed

Heretic

Heretic

Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Men in Charge? Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition

Men in Charge? Rethinking Authority in Muslim Legal Tradition

Ziba Mir-Hosseini

Peace Integration and Human Rights

Peace Integration and Human Rights

Shaykh ul Islam Dr Muhammad Tahir ul Qadri

Islam and Politics

Islam and Politics

USA) Mandaville Peter (George Mason University

Islam

Islam

Catharina Raudvere

Life As Politics

Life As Politics

Asef. Bayat

Islamist Politics In The Middle East

Islamist Politics In The Middle East

Samer S.

Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom

Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom

Irshad Manji

Dignity in Adversity Human Rights in Troubled Times

Dignity in Adversity Human Rights in Troubled Times

Seyla Benhabib

The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere

The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere

Judith. Butler

Radical Reform Islamic Ethics and Liberation

Radical Reform Islamic Ethics and Liberation

Tariq Ramadan

Hamas in Politics

Hamas in Politics

Jeroen Gunning

Pioneers of Islamic Revival

Pioneers of Islamic Revival

Ali Rahnema

Global Political Islam

Global Political Islam

Peter Mandaville

Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa

Islam and Muslim Politics in Africa

Benjamin Soares

An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon

An Enchanted Modern: Gender and Public Piety in Shi'i Lebanon

Lara Deeb

Rethinking Islamism: The Ideology of the New Terror

Rethinking Islamism: The Ideology of the New Terror

Meghnad Desai

What do muslims believe?

What do muslims believe?

Ziauddin Sardar

Islam and Human Rights Tradition and Politics

Islam and Human Rights Tradition and Politics

Ann Mayer

Face to Face with Political Islam

Face to Face with Political Islam

Francois Burgat

Talking New Politics

Talking New Politics

Jai Sen

The Cultural Politics of Emotion

The Cultural Politics of Emotion

Sara Ahmed

The power of faiths in global politics

The power of faiths in global politics

Sturla J. Stålsett

What is Politics?

What is Politics?

Adrian Leftwich

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror

Good Muslim, Bad Muslim America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror

Mahmood Mamdani

Mobilizing islam, Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt

Mobilizing islam, Religion, Activism, and Political Change in Egypt

Carrie Rosefsky Wickham

Islamist Mobilization in Turkey

Islamist Mobilization in Turkey

Jenny white

Political Thought

Political Thought

The Society of The Muslim Brothers

The Society of The Muslim Brothers

Richard P.

Women and gender in Islam

Women and gender in Islam

Leila Ahmed

Accommodating Protest Working Women, the New Veiling, and Change in Cairo

Accommodating Protest Working Women, the New Veiling, and Change in Cairo

Arlene Elowe Macleod

The House of Islam

The House of Islam

Ed Husain

Jihad The Trail of Political Islam

Jihad The Trail of Political Islam

Gilles Kepel