Corps en Islam (Le) (Quadrige), Paperback Book, By: CHEBEL MALEK

The Body in question is a Body of language, beliefs, myths, much more than an anatomical body, perceived through a few anthropological or biological measurements. In fact, what is retained depends on the involvement of this anthropological Body in an existential perspective, in the context of lived experience. This erudite and fascinating work shows how the Body in Islam is an active element of social and cultural conditioning. Present at all levels of formal or informal organization of society, the Body, in Muslim culture, is the culmination of a given civilization, a memory medium, a kind of living archive reflecting nowadays conflicts between traditional behavior patterns and the adoption of