Abstract
THIS volume is the first of a series to be published by the trustees of Herbert Spencer's will in continuation of his “Descriptive Sociology”. Up to a point, Islam lends itself to the treatment which Spencer planned. Mohammedan communities have common characteristics based on their religion which make it possible to treat them as a unit. That unity, however, is no more than formal, and unless the treatment of the subject is to be allowed to expand to an almost inordinate length, local differences must be ignored, especially in outlying regions, such as Zanzibar and Malaya for example, where earlier custom and animistic belief have coloured practice. Mr. Levy has not passed over such differences entirely, but has been able to refer to them only in selected instances.
An Introduction to the Sociology of Islam.
By Reuben Levy. (Published for Herbert Spencer's Trustees.) In 2 Volumes. Vol. 1. Pp. viii + l 410. (London: Williams and Norgate, Ltd., 1931.) 21s. net.
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Anthropology and Archæology. Nature 128, 951–952 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128951c0
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