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  • Islam beyond Borders

    The Umma in World Politics

    de James Piscatori, Amin Saikal ...
    Assuming a central place in Muslim life, the Qur'an speaks of one community of the faith, the umma. This unity of the faithful is recognised as the default aspiration of the believer, and in the modern era, intellectuals and political leaders have often vied both to define, and to lead it. Based on case studies of actors such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, and ISIS, James Piscatori and Amin Saikal ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Transnational Religion And Fading States

    de Susanne H Rudolph, James Piscatori ...
    Focusing on the dilution of state sovereignty, this book examines how the crossing of state boundaries by religious movements leads to the formation of transnational civil society. Challenging the assertion that future conflict will be of the “clash of civilization” variety, it looks to the micro-origins of conflicts, which are as likely to arise between states sharing a religion as between those ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

  • Law, Personalities, and Politics of the Middle East

    Essays in Honor of Majid Khadduri

    Edición de James Piscatori ...
    This book is a tribute to Majid Khadduri and focuses on the three principal fields of his own work: Islamic and international law; ideas and personalities in the Arab world; and politics and diplomacy in the Middle East. ... Leer más

    $62.99 USD

  • Muslim Travellers

    Pilgrimage, Migration and the Religious Imagination

    Edición de Dale F. Eickelman, James Piscatori ...
    Pilgrimage, travel for learning, visits to shrines, exile, and labour migration shape the religious imagination and in turn are shaped by it. Some travel, such as pilgrimage, explicitly intended for religious purposes, has equally important economic and political consequences. Other travel, not primarily motivated by religious concerns and thus neglected by many scholars, nonetheless profoundly ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD

  • American Democracy Promotion in the Changing Middle East

    From Bush to Obama

    Edición de Shahram Akbarzadeh, James Piscatori, Benjamin MacQueen, Amin Saikal ...
    Series series Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series
    The recent "Arab spring", with its popular uprisings in many Arab countries, has exposed the ambiguity at the heart of American promotion of democracy in the Middle East. The US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were packaged as democracy promotion, as heralding the beginning of a new phase in the politics of the Middle East when democracy would replace authoritarian regimes. Many of these ... Leer más

    $76.99 USD

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  • Beyond Islam

    A New Understanding of the Middle East

    de Sami Zubaida ...
    In this magisterial work, Sami Zubaida draws on a distinguished career's worth of experience trying to understand the region to address the fundamental question in Middle East studies: what is the Middle East? He argues, controversially, that to see it through the prism of Islam, as it is conventionally viewed, is to completely misunderstand it. Many of what we think of as the 'Islamic' ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • Islam without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty

    A Muslim Case for Liberty

    de Mustafa Akyol ...
    A provocative manifesto for an interpretation of Islam that synthesizes liberal ideas and respect for the Islamic tradition.From furious reactions to the cartoons of Prophet Muhammad to the suppression of women, news from the Muslim world begs the question: is Islam incompatible with freedom? With an eye sympathetic to Western liberalism and Islamic theology, Mustafa Akyol traces the ideological ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Egypt after Mubarak

    Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World

    de Bruce K. Rutherford ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
    Egypt's autocratic regime is being weakened by economic crises, growing political opposition, and the pressures of globalization. Observers now wonder which way Egypt will go when the country's aging president, Husni Mubarak, passes from the scene: will it embrace Western-style liberalism and democracy? Or will it become an Islamic theocracy similar to Iran? Egypt after Mubarak demonstrates that ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Islam

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Malise Ruthven ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Islam features widely in the news, often in its most militant versions, but few people in the non-Muslim world really understand the nature of Islam. Malise Ruthven's Very Short Introduction contains essential insights into issues such as why Islam has such major divisions between movements such as the Shi'ites, the Sunnis, and the Wahhabis, and the central importance of the Shar'ia (Islamic law) ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • A Path Out of the Desert

    A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East

    de Kenneth Pollack ...
    “A persuasive but painful solution for dealing with the mess in the Middle East.” –KirkusThe greatest danger to America’s peace and prosperity, notes leading Middle East policy analyst Kenneth M. Pollack, lies in the political repression, economic stagnation, and cultural conflict running rampant in Arab and Muslim nations. By inflaming political unrest and empowering terrorists, these forces pose ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • A World Without Islam

    de Graham E. Fuller ...
    "[A] must-read by one of the most thought-provoking writers on Islam and the Middle East." —#1 New York Times –Bestselling Author Reza AslanWhat if Islam never existed? To some, it's a comforting thought: no clash of civilizations, no holy wars, no terrorists. But what if that weren't the case at all?In A World Without Islam, Graham E. Fuller, a former vice chairman of the National Intelligence ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

  • Islam: A Very Short Introduction

    de Malise Ruthven ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Islam features widely in the news, often in its most militant versions, but few people in the non-Muslim world really understand the nature of Islam.Malise Ruthven's Very Short Introduction contains essential insights into issues such as why Islam has such major divisions between movements such as the Shi'ites, the Sunnis, and the Wahhabis, and the central importance of the Shar'ia (Islamic law) ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD