Dear Jonathan,
A formidable anthropological work on Druze has been written by the Lebanese anthropologist Fuad Khury (American University of Beirut, University of Chicago) and published in 2004 :http://www.amazon.com/Being-Druze-Fuad-I-Khuri/dp/1904850006
You'll also find an overview on his many works in anthropology of the Arab World in his memoirs: Khuri, Fuad I. An Invitation to Laughter. A Lebanese Anthropologist in the Arab World. Chicago: Chicago University Press. XXIII+196pp. Pb.: £12.00/$19.00. ISBN: 0 226 43476.1 Regards
...............................Cédric BAYLOCQAnthropologue-Professeur assistant à l'Institut des Sciences Politiques, Juridiques et Sociales de l'Université Mundiapolis (Casablanca)http://mundiapolis.academia.edu/CédricBaylocq -Chercheur associé au Centre Jacques Berque (CNRS USR 3136, Rabat)http://cjb.ma/32-recherche/33-equipe/111-cedric-baylocq.html Tél.: 0212 (0)6-15-75-99-20.
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Objet : Re: A request for help: Druze Anthropology; Gellner, Ayoub, Oppenheimer
Dear Jonathan,
I don't know about this specific article, but you might want to read and/or contact 2 french anthropologists who have worked with Druze in Israel and in Lebanon:
- Eléonore Armanet (Université of Aix-MArseille) - armanet[at]mmsh.univ-aix.fr > Éléonore ARMANET. 2011. Le ferment et la grâce. Une ethnographie du sacré chez les Druzes d’Israël. Presses Universitaires du Midi. N° ISBN : 978-2-8107-0017-2 (http://w3.pum.univ-tlse2.fr/~Le-ferment-et-la-grace~.html#)
- Isabelle Rivoal (CNRS) (http://www.mae.u-paris10.fr/lesc/spip.php?article47) Isabelle Rivoal. 2000, Les Maîtres du secret. Ordre mondain et ordre religieux dans la communauté druze israélienne. Paris, Éditions de l’EHESS.
Best,
Marie
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Le 23 mars 2015 à 23:54, Jonathan Mair a écrit :
> Dear All
>
> This is my first attempt to access the anthropological hive mind...I wander if any MENA or Gellner specialist can help me with the following...
>
> I'm currently reading Gellner's Muslim Society. On the second page there is a very intriguing mention of Druze ethnography:
>
>> Esoterism can be pushed to an extreme amongst sectarians, as by the Druze, where the inner doctrine is so esoteric that no one, including its adherents, appears to know exactly what it is.
>
> There is a note:
>
>> Cf. papers by V. Ayoub and J. Oppenheimer, forthcoming.
>
> I can't find any trace of those papers -- Does anyone know if they were published in the end, and if so, where? Otherwise, any other good sources where information on Druze esotericism might be gleaned?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Jon
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