Table of Contents for
Narrative Social Structure
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Social and Literary Structure of Isnad: Whose Narrative?
3. The Ceaseless Synergy between Literary and Social Structures
4. Reconstructing the Hadith Transmission Network: Narratives into Networks
5. From Synchronic to Diachronic Methods: Temporal Constraints on Action
6. Social and Literary Dynamics of Authority Formation: The Macro-Level LRS Effect
7. Narrative and Sociology of Intellectuals: From Ibn Khaldun to Collins
8. On the Shoulders of Giants: Chain of Memory and the Micro-Level LRS Effect
9. Conclusion: Speech and Action Conjoined on the Diachronic Axis
Notes
Bibliography
Index