Belhaj Abdessamad and Speidl Bianka: Legitimacy and exchange : the moral economy of authority among Hungarian muslims. In: Religion, culture, society, (3). pp. 96-115. (2016)
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Abstract
In this chapter, we aim to outline, in the realm of the possible, the parameters of the field of Muslim authority in Hungary. For this purpose, it is appropriate to apply three types of approaches: first a conceptual study which analyses some key concepts (those of authority and legitimacy, in particular) from the perspective of the socio-anthropology of Islam. The next step is a longer exercise of mapping the sources of legitimacy among Hungarian Muslims. We do this second exercise following a back-and-forth movement between Islam in Hungary, Muslim societies and Islamic doctrines, all of which are contributing factors to the structures of authority and modes of legitimating that explain the production and obedience to authority among Hungarian Muslims. A final ethnographic approach describes and analyses debates between Hungarian Muslim women on the authority to decide over questions such as the problematic of legitimate preachers, celebrating birthdays in the family and female beauty care. The aim of the article is to examine the legitimacy of symbolic capital that allows Hungarian Islamic figures to claim the status of the authority and to initiate the production of this authority and to conduct an authorization process. From the outset, therefore, we raise the question of the moral economy1 of authority in Islam in Hungary. We base our study on observations and interviews with members of the two major Hungarian Muslim communities: A Magyarországi Muszlimok Egyháza and Magyar Iszlám Közösség.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Journal or Publication Title: | Religion, culture, society |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Volume: | 3 |
| ISSN: | 1416-7972 |
| Page Range: | pp. 96-115 |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | MTA-SZTE Research Group for the Study of Religious Culture |
| Place of Publication: | Szeged |
| Related URLs: | https://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/85220/ |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Iszlám - Magyarország, Legitimitás |
| Additional Information: | Bibliogr.: p. 113-115. és a lábjegyzetekben ; összefoglalás angol nyelven |
| Subjects: | 06. Humanities 06. Humanities > 06.03. Philosophy, ethics and religion |
| Date Deposited: | 2024. Jul. 31. 16:01 |
| Last Modified: | 2024. Jul. 31. 16:01 |
| URI: | http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/85269 |
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