Sexuality In Islam

by: Umair Mirza

Publication date: 2004-03-01

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International

Topics: Islam, Islamic Literature, Islamic Books, Science, Islam and Science, English Books, History of Islam, Sex, Sexuality in Islam, History of Sexuality, History of Sex, Sex History, Gender Study, Gender Studies

Collection: opensource

Language: English

In this classic work, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba asserts that Islam is a lyrical view of life in which sexuality enjoys a privileged status. Drawing on both Arabic and Western sources and seeking to integrate the religious and the sexual, Bouhdiba describes the place of sexuality in the traditional Islamic view of the world and examines whether a harmony of sexuality and religious faith is achieved in practice. Beginning with the Quran, Bouhdiba confronts the question of male supremacy in Islam and the strict separation of the masculine and the feminine. He considers purification practices; Islamic attitudes towards homosexuality, concubinage and legal marriage; and sexual taboos laid down by the Quran. Bouhdiba assesses contemporary sexual practice, including eroticism, misogyny and mysticism, and concludes that the ideal Islamic model of sexuality has been debased. 'Readable and informative ... an imaginative and off-beat sourcebook' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Readable and informative . . . an imaginative and offbeat source book.' --Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

About the Author

Born in 1932 in Kairouan, Tunisia, 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 has served as 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. He was awarded the Sharjah Prize for Arab Culture in 2004.

--This text refers to the paperback edition.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B007XF8F98
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Saqi Books; Translation edition (January 16, 2012)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 16, 2012
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1000 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 298 pages