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