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ajiss-1479	Daniels, Timothy P.	Islam Obscured: The Rhetoric of Anthropological Representation by Daniel Martin Varisco (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. 226 pages.)	2008.0	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1211	39	34	Chapter 1, “Clifford Geertz: Islam Observed Again,” argues that Geertz’s seminal text on Islam, contrary to its claims, is “neither scientific nor ethno- graphic” (p. 29) due to its profound lack of any analysis of primary texts, contextual depth, and cultural thickness. Varisco Book Reviews 123 PDF created with pdfFactory trial version www.software-partners.co.uk http://www.software-partners.co.uk http://www.software-partners.co.uk describes the main thread of ethnographic studies of Muslims, from Evans- Pritchard to Gellner, Geertz, and his students I. M. Lewis and Michael Gilsenen, as concentrating on Islamic mysticism: “Once again, it seems as though anthropology came to Islam via the exotic, as though the mundane was too obvious, perhaps too boring, to require explanation” (p. 17).	cache/ajiss-1479.pdf	txt/ajiss-1479.txt