Rethinking Norms, Reopening Agency. An Interview with Saba Mahmood
Saba Mahmood’s Politics of Piety... is a decentering project. This study of women participation in the Islamic movement addresses crucial questions regarding the concepts that govern our understanding of Islam, ethics and politics. The point of doing so is to question the normative lenses through which feminist praxis, resistance and freedom are approached today. But it also allows her to rethink the notion of agency in a resolutely anthropological perspective. A French translation of the book has been published by La Découverte in September 2009.