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Taylor & Francis Ltd Studies on Early Arabic Philosophy
Book SynopsisPhilosophy in the Islamic world from the 9th to 11th centuries was characterized by an engagement with Greek philosophical works in Arabic translation. This volume collects papers on both the Greek philosophers in their new Arabic guise, and on reactions to the translation movement in the period leading up to Avicenna. In a first section, Adamson provides general studies of the 'formative' period of philosophy in the Islamic world, discussing the Arabic reception of Aristotle and of his commentators. He also argues that this formative period was characterized not just by the use of Hellenic materials, but also by a productive exchange of ideas between Greek-inspired 'philosophy (falsafa)' and Islamic theology (kalÄm). A second section considers the underappreciated philosophical impact of Galen, using Arabic sources to understand Galen himself, and exploring the thought of the doctor and philosopher al-RÄzÄ, who drew on Galen as a chief inspiration. A third section looks at al-FÄrÄbÄ aTable of ContentsRECEPTION OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY, I Arabic philosophy and theology before Avicenna II Aristotle in the Arabic commentary tradition III The last philosophers of late antiquity in the Arabic tradition GALEN AND AL-RAZI IV Galen and al-Razi on time V Galen on void VI Platonic pleasures in Epicurus and al-RazT VII Abu Bakr al-Razi on animals THE BAGHDAD SCHOOL VIII The Arabic sea battle: al-Farabi on the problem of future contingents IX Knowledge of universals and particulars in the Baghdad school X Yal;iya ibn 'AdI and Averroes on Metaphysics Alpha Elatton XI On knowledge of particulars XII Avicenna and his commentators on human and divine self-intellection XIII From the necessary existent to God
£123.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd Orientations of Avicennas Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe volume brings together seventeen studies on Avicenna by Dimitri Gutas, written over the past twenty-five years. They aim to establish Avicenna's historical and philosophical context as a means to determining his philosophical project and the orientations of his thought. They deal with his life and works, his method, his epistemology, and his later reception in the Islamic world, ending with a programmatic essay on the state of the field of Avicennan studies and future agenda. Occasioned by issues raised in Gutas's monograph on Avicenna and the Aristotelian Tradition (whose second edition has just appeared), they form a substantive complement to it. For this reprint, a number of the essays have been reset and accordingly revised and updated. Provided with exhaustive indexes of names, places, subjects, and technical terms, the volume constitutes a new and major research tool for the study of Avicenna and his heritage. (CS1050).Table of ContentsContents: Foreword. Life and Works: Avicenna: biography; Avicenna's Maa,Ahab, with an appendix on the question of his date of birth; Texts from Avicenna's library in a copy by E'Abd-ar-RazzAuq aa'GBP-a' iA!nAua,"A" (notes and texts from Cairo manuscripts, II); Avicenna's marginal glosses on De anima and the Greek commentatorial tradition; Avicenna's Eastern ('Oriental') philosophy: nature, contents, transmission. Method: The logic of theology (kalAum) in Avicenna; The empiricism of Avicenna; Medical theory and scientific method in the age of Avicenna. Epistemology: Avicenna: the metaphysics of the rational soul; Intuition and thinking: the evolving structure of Avicenna's epistemology; Imagination and transcendental knowledge in Avicenna; Intellect without limits: the absence of mysticism in Avicenna; Avicenna: mysticism and the question of his 'Oriental' philosophy. The Study of Avicenna and His Heritage: The heritage of Avicenna: the golden age of Arabic philosophy, 1000 - ca. 1350; Philosophy in the 12th century: one view from Baghdad, or the repudiation of al-GhazAulA"'; Ibn a'--ufayl on Ibn SA"nAu's Eastern philosophy; The study of Avicenna. Status quaestionis atque agenda. Indexes.
£128.25
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Dreams of a Refugee
Book SynopsisDreams of a Refugee is the extraordinary story of Mostafa Salameh, born in Kuwait to Palestinian refugees.After a childhood in the camps and a series of low-paid jobs, Mostafa was given a rare opportunity to travel to London, working in hospitality at the Jordanian Embassy. From there he moved to Edinburgh, where he took up a life of parties and nightclubbing. Religion played no part in his thinking.All this was to change. One night, Mostafa awoke having dreamt that he was standing at the top of the world reciting the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer. He took this as a sign that he needed to accomplish something previously unimaginable for a person in his position to climb Everest.Despite having no prior mountaineering experience, Mostafa sought help from friends and sponsors and, having failed twice, finally summited Everest on Jordanian Independence Day, May 25th 2008. He went on to become the first Jordanian to climb all Seven Summits' and reach the North Pole.Trade ReviewAn extraordinary story of faith, bravery and perseverance. Mostafa Salameh, the first Muslim to climb the Seven Summits and reach both Poles, claims each of us has an Everest within us; this book persuades us we can all achieve our goals if we have the courage to begin trying. -- Ranulph Fiennes, explorer, fundraiser, author and public speakerMostafa Salameh’s story should be read for its larger message on the determination necessary to face real challenges and make a change for the better. -- His Majesty King Abdullah II of JordanA heroic epic for the ages: The trailblazing path of Jordan’s most famous global explorer and conqueror of the Three Poles. -- HRH Princess Ghida Talal of Jordan, Chairperson of the King Hussein Cancer FoundationDreams of a Refugee is not merely a self-help/motivational/positive thinking book, neither is it a tragic story of refugees and their painful struggle in the unjust world; it is a story of finding one's true self, a purpose, to dream and live to bring a change for the better. * Free Press Journal, Mumbai *A wonderful evocation of what the human spirit can achieve, through grit, determination, inspiration and leadership in the face of all types of adversity. -- H. E. Mr Edward Oakden, British Ambassador to JordanInspiring is an understatement, this book spreads hope to the hopeless, optimism to the pessimist, and wakes the sleeping adventurer in many; I am witness to how many young people from all walks of life are touched by his story. -- Maher Kaddoura, businessman and philanthropistTable of ContentsList of illustrations Foreword Preface: 2017 - Climbing Ben Nevis for the People of Palestine 1 Childhood 2 London 3 Edinburgh 4 India 5 The Dream 6 Mount Everest 7 The Seven Summits and the North Pole 8 Islam 9 Palestine, Isis, Radicalisation 10 The South Pole and Onwards
£10.44
Edinburgh University Press Islamic Conversion and Christian Resistance on
Book SynopsisExplores the threat of Christian conversion to Islam in modern English plays by Shakespeare, Marlowe, Massinger, and others. This book examines the stage's treatment of this intercourse of faiths to reveal connections between sexuality, race, and confessional identity in early modern English drama and culture.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press The Egyptian Dream
Book SynopsisThe story of Egyptian identity from the beginning of the 20th century is one constructed by statesmen, intellectuals and Islamic thinkers. This book argues that the current fragmentation of Egypt's political scene reflects the increasing social division in a country where 'the people' are demanding a redefinition of their national identity.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Prophetic Translation
Book SynopsisIn this novel and pioneering study Maya I. Kesrouany explores the move from Qur'anic to secular approaches to literature in early 20th-century Egyptian literary translations.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Tanaka Kinuyo
Book SynopsisThis is the first book in English dedicated to the actress and director Tanaka Kinuyo. Her career overlapped with a transformative period in Japanese history, and this close analysis of her fascinating life and work offers new perspectives, subjectivities and modes of analysis for the classical era of Japanese cinema.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Psychoanalysis and the Love of Arabic
Book SynopsisNadia Bou Ali explores the formation of a modern Arab identity through the conceptions of politics, morality and language in Arab thought.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Nasser in the Egyptian Imaginary
Book SynopsisTraces, contextualizes, and analyses the making of the late President of Egypt, Gamal Abdel Nasser's image(s) in creative productions including novels, short stories, autobiographies and film.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press An Anthology of Arabic Literature
Book SynopsisIntroducing readers to the extremely rich tradition of Arabic literature, this Anthology covers some of its major themes and concerns across the centuries, from its early beginnings to modern times.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Architecture and Landscape in Medieval Anatolia
Book SynopsisThis book looks beyond political structures and towards a reconsideration of the interactions between the rural and the urban; an analysis of the relationships between architecture, culture and power; and an examination of the region's multiple geographies.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Synagogues in the Islamic World
Book SynopsisThis beautifully illustrated volume looks at the spaces created by and for Jews in areas under the political or religious control of Muslims. Covering regions as diverse as Central Asia, the Middle East, North Africa and Spain, it asks how the architecture of synagogues responded to contextual issues and traditions.Table of ContentsIntroduction, Mohammad Gharipour; 1. Architecture of Synagogues in the Islamic World: History and the Dilemma of Identity, Mohammad Gharipour; 2. Prologue: Historic Relations Between Muslims and Jews, Reuven Firestone; I. Synagogue and the Urban Context; 3. Shrines of the Prophets and Jewish Communities: Ancient Synagogues and Tombs in Medieval Iraq, Sara Ethel Wolper; 4. The Synagogues of Herat: A Jewish World of Religious Diversity and Pluralism in the Muslim World, Ulrike-Christiane Lintz; 5. Synagogues of the Fez mellah: Constructing Sacred Spaces in 19th Century Morocco, Michelle Craig; 6. Emotional Architecture: Cairo's Sha'ar Hashamayim Synagogue and Iconography's Global Reach, Ann Shafer; II. Synagogue and the Cultural Context; 7. The Prevalence of Islamic Art amongst Jews of Christian Iberia: Two Fourteenth-Century Castilian Synagogues in Andalusian Attire, Daniel Munoz Garrido; 8. The Ottoman Jews of the 19th-century Istanbul and the Socio-cultural Foundations of theYuksek Kaldirim Ashkenazi Synagogue, Meltem Ozkan Altinoz; 9. The Architecture and Decor of the Nahon and Bendrihen Synagogues of Tangier: Modernization and Internationalization of the Jewish Community, M. Mitchell Serels; 10. Synagogues and Sacred Rituals inTehran: An Ethnographic Analysis of Judeo-Persian Identities and Spaces, Arlene Dallalfar; III. Architecture and Interior Design; 11. Decorating Synagogues in the Western Islamic World: The Role of Sephardi Traditionalism, Vivian Mann; 12. Djerbian Culture and Climate As Expressed in A Historic Landmark: The Case of El Ghriba Synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia, Nesrine Mansour and Anat Geva; 13. Synagogue Architecture in Kerala, India: Design Roots, Precedents, Tectonics, and Inspirations, Jay A. Waronker; 14. Immigrants Sacred Architecture: The Rabi Meir Baal-Hanes Synagogue in Eilat, Israel, Anat Geva; 15. Epilogue: Sensitive Ruins: On the Preservation of Jewish Religious Sites in the Muslim World - Susan Miller; Appendix 1: Captions; Appendix 2: Bibliographies; Appendix 3: Biographies
£157.50
Edinburgh University Press Islamisation
Book SynopsisThis volume aims to address this lacuna by providing a comparative perspective through studies of Islamisation that address both its historical trajectory and the methodological problems in its study from across the Islamic world, from Africa to China, from the 7th century until c. 1800.Table of ContentsFigures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction: Comparative Perspectives on Islamisation, A.C.S. Peacock; Conversion and Islamisation: Theoretical approaches; Global Patterns of Ruler Conversion to Islam and the Logic of Empirical Religiosity, Alan Strathern; Conversion out of Personal Principle: Ali b. Rabban al-Tabari (d. c. 860) and Abdallah al-Tarjuman (d. c. 1430), Two Converts from Christianity to Islam, David Thomas; The Conversion Curve Revisited, Richard W. Bulliet. The early Islamic and Medieval Middle East; What did Conversion to Islam mean in Seventh- Century Arabia?, Harry Munt; Zoroastrian Fire Temples and the Islamisation of Sacred Space in Early Islamic Iran, Andrew D. Magnusson; There is no god but God': Islamisation and Religious Code Switching, eighth to tenth centuries, Anna Chrysostomides; Islamisation in Medieval Anatolia, A.C.S. Peacock; Islamisation in the Southern Levant after the End of Frankish Rule: Some General Considerations and a Short Case Study, Reuven Amitai; The Muslim West; Conversion of the Berbers to Islam/lslamisation of the Berbers, Michael Brett; The Islamisation of al-Andalus: Recent Studies and Debates, Maribel Fierro; Sub-Saharan Africa; The Oromo and the Historical Process of Islamisation in Ethiopia, Marco Demichelis; The Archaeology of Islamisation in Sub-Saharan Africa, Timothy Insoll. The Balkans; The Islamisation of Ottoman Bosnia: Myths and Matters, Sanja Kadric; From Shahada to 'Aqlda: Conversion to Islam, Catechisation, and Sunnitisation in Sixteenth- Century Ottoman Rumeli,Tijana Krstic; Central Asia; Islamisation on the Iranian Periphery: Nasir-i Khusraw and Ismailism in Badakhshan, Daniel Beben; Khwaja Ahmad Yasavi as an Islamising Saint: Rethinking the Role of Sufis in the Islamisation of the Turks of Central Asia, Devin DeWeese. The Role of the Domestic Sphere in the Islamisation of the Mongols, Bruno De Nicola. South Asia; Reconsidering 'Conversion to Islam' in Indian History, Richard M. Eaton; Civilising the Savage: Myth, History, and Persianisation in the Early Delhi Courts of South Asia, Blain Auer. Southeast Asia and the Far East; China and the Rise of Islam on Java, Alexander Wain; The Story of Yusuf and Indonesia's Islamisation: A Work of Literature Plus, E.P. Wiering; Persian Kings, Arab conquerors, and Malay Islam: Comparative perspectives on the place of Muslim epics in the Islamisation of the Chams, Philipp Bruckmayer; Islamisation and Sinicisation: Inversions, Reversions and Alternate Versions of Islam in China, James D. Frankel.
£166.25
Edinburgh University Press Islamists and the Politics of the Arab Uprisings
Book SynopsisScrutinises the political strategies and ideological evolution of Islamist actors and forces following the Arab uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa.
£999.99
Edinburgh University Press Modern Arabic Literature
Book SynopsisThe study of Arabic literary texts is blossoming and this book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework to help research this highly prolific and diverse production of contemporary literary texts.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press The Unmaking of the Arab Intellectual
Book SynopsisIn this book Zeina G. Halabi examines the figure of the intellectual as profet national icon, and exile in contemporary Arabic literature and film. Staging a comparative dialogue with writers and critics such as Elias Khoury, Edward Said, Jurji Zaidan, and Mahmoud Darwish, Halabi focuses on new articulations of loss, displacement, and memory.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Queens Eunuchs and Concubines in Islamic History
Book SynopsisDrawing on specific historical case studies and events, this book looks at the role of women, mothers, wives, eunuchs, concubines, qahramans and atabegs in the dynamics and manipulation of medieval Islamic politics.
£95.00
Edinburgh University Press Conquered Populations in Early Islam
Book SynopsisThis book traces the journey of new Muslims as they joined the early Islamic community and articulated their identities within it. It focuses on Muslims of slave origins, who belonged to the society in which they lived but whose slave background rendered them somehow alien.Trade Review'Incisively critical and refreshingly good humored, this is highly recommended for students and scholars of all levels.' - R. A. Miller, emerita, University of Massachusetts Boston, CHOICE
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Medieval Monuments of Central Asia
Book SynopsisThis is a comprehensive study of the surviving monuments of the Qarakhanids an important yet little-known medieval dynasty that ruled much of Central Asia between the late 10th and early 13th centuries.
£99.00
Edinburgh University Press The Book of Tribulations the Syrian Muslim
Book SynopsisThe first annotated translation of the 9th-century Islamic apocalyptic work The Book of Tribulations the earliest complete Muslim apocalyptic text to survive.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition
Book SynopsisA probing inquiry into medieval court struggles, this book examines the Persian Buyids takeover of the great Arab caliphate in Iraq, the counter-Crusade under Saladin, and the literature of sovereignty in Spain and Italy at the cusp of the Renaissance.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition
Book SynopsisA probing inquiry into medieval court struggles, this book shows the relationship between intellectual conflict and the geopolitics of empire.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press The Jalayirids
Book SynopsisThis book examines the rise and collapse of Mongol rule in Iran and Iraq, and its revival by a family of sultans who claimed to be the rightful heirs to the Mongol khans. The Jalayirids offers a glimpse at a long overlooked but critical period in the history of the Middle East in the late medieval period.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Female Religious Authority in Shii Islam
Book SynopsisThis collection of case studies, covering the period from classical Islam to the present, and taken from across the Islamic world, compares the role of women across time and space.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Female Religious Authority in Shii Islam
Book SynopsisReflects on women participating in Islamic scholarly traditions from the classical period to the present
£24.69
Edinburgh University Press The Foreign Policy of Islamist Political Parties
Book SynopsisDrawing on a series of case studies, this collective work sheds light on six national trajectories of Islamism. Contributors look at what has been produced by the representatives of political Islam in each case, and the way these representatives have put their words and their ideological aspirations into action within their foreign policies.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press The Foreign Policy of Islamist Political Parties
Book SynopsisDrawing on a series of case studies, this collective work sheds light on six national trajectories of Islamism. Contributors look at what has been produced by the representatives of political Islam in each case, and the way these representatives have put their words and their ideological aspirations into action within their foreign policies.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Shia Minorities in the Contemporary World
Book SynopsisOffers a set of new comparative perspectives on the experiences of Shi'a Muslim minorities outside the 'Muslim heartland' (Middle East, North Africa, Central and South Asia) and discusses the challenges these communities face as 'a minority within a minority'.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Modern Islamic Authority and Social Change Volume
Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the four most influential Islamic authority structures with a visible following among Muslims around the globe: Al-Azhar (Egypt); Saudi Salafism (Saudi Arabia); Deoband (South Asia); Diyanet (Turkey).
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Modern Islamic Authority and Social Change
Book SynopsisThis volume focuses on the four most influential Islamic authority structures with a visible following among Muslims around the globe: Al-Azhar (Egypt); Saudi Salafism (Saudi Arabia); Deoband (South Asia); Diyanet (Turkey).
£29.45
Edinburgh University Press Modern Islamic Authority and Social Change Volume
Book SynopsisMaps the new Islamic authority platforms emerging in the West and their relationship with older centres of learning in a three-fold typology: Neo-Traditionalists; Neo-Legalists, and Neo-Conservatives.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Modern Islamic Authority and Social Change
Book SynopsisMaps the new Islamic authority platforms emerging in the West and their relationship with older centres of learning in a three-fold typology: Neo-Traditionalists; Neo-Legalists, and Neo-Conservatives.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press Challenging Cosmopolitanism
Book SynopsisFeaturing new historical and ethnographic research on China and Southeast Asia, this book explores how power and violence have shaped the experiences of Sufis and state-builders, as well as refugees and rebels, contributing to a more nuanced understanding of Islamic cosmopolitanism.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press The Edinburgh Companion to ShariAh Governance in
Book SynopsisWritten by a group of prominent shari'ah scholars, academics and practitioners in the field of Islamic finance, this book contains 17 in-depth case studies of shari'ah governance practices and experiences as well as critical analysis of these practices.
£157.50
Edinburgh University Press The Sorrowful Muslims Guide
Book SynopsisPublished as 'Dal?l al-Muslim al-?az?n il? muqtada-l-sul?k f?'l-qarn al-?ishr?n' in 1983, this book remains a timely and important read today. It explores the interaction between pre-Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press The Sorrowful Muslims Guide
Book SynopsisPublished as Dal?l al-Muslim al-?az?n il? muqtada-l-sul?k f?'l-qarn al-?ishr?n in 1983, this book remains a timely and important read today. It explores the interaction between pre-Islamic tradition and modern supporters of continuity, reform and change in Muslim communities.
£20.89
Edinburgh University Press The Minaret
Book SynopsisFrom early Islam to the modern world, and from Iran, Egypt, Turkey and India to West and East Africa, the Yemen and Southeast Asia, this richly illustrated book is a sweeping tour of the minaret's position as the symbol of Islam.
£38.00
Edinburgh University Press The Jihadist Preachers of the End Times
Book SynopsisFocusing on apocalyptic manifestations found in ISIS propaganda, this book situates the group's agenda in the broader framework of contemporary Muslim thought and explains key topics in millennial thinking within the spiritual context of modern Islamic apocalypticism.
£26.59
Edinburgh University Press MuslimChristian Polemics in Safavid Iran
Book SynopsisFocused on the work of the renegade missionary 'Ali Quli Jadid al-Islam (d. 1734), this book contributes to ongoing debates on the nature of confessionalism, interreligious encounters, and cultural translation in early modern Muslim empires.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press MuslimChristian Polemics in Safavid Iran
Book SynopsisFocused on the work of the renegade missionary 'Ali Quli Jadid al-Islam (d. 1734), this book contributes to ongoing debates on the nature of confessionalism, interreligious encounters, and cultural translation in early modern Muslim empires.
£19.94
Edinburgh University Press Modern Arabic Literature
Book SynopsisThe study of Arabic literature is blossoming. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical framework to help research this highly prolific and diverse production of contemporary literary texts.
£29.45
Edinburgh University Press Ruler Visibility and Popular Belonging in the
Book SynopsisThis book argues that the periodic ceremonial intrusion into the everyday lives of people across the Ottoman Empire, which the annual royal birthday and accession-day celebrations constituted, had multiple, far-reaching and largely unexplored consequences.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Dialectical Encounters
Book SynopsisFeaturing the work of Recep Alpya??l and ?aban Ali Duzgun, this innovative study provides a concise survey of Turkish Muslim positions on religious pluralism and atheism as well as detailed treatments of both critical and appreciative Turkish Muslim perspectives on Western Christianity.
£94.50
Edinburgh University Press Women Writing and the Iraqi State
Book SynopsisExplores discourses on gender and representations of women in modern Iraqi fiction. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq.
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Women Writing and the Iraqi Bathist State
Book SynopsisIn an effort to expand its readership and increase support for its pan-Arab project, the Iraqi Ba?th almost completely eradicated illiteracy among women. As Iraq was metaphorically transformed into a ?female?, through its nationalist trope, women writers simultaneously found opportunities and faced obstacles from the state, as the ?woman question? became a site of contention between those who would advocate the progressiveness of the Ba?th and those who would stress its repressiveness and immorality. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq.
£24.69
Edinburgh University Press Literary Autobiography and Arab National
Book SynopsisDrawing on memoirs, testimonies, autobiographical novels, poetic autobiography, journals, and diaries, Nasser examines solitude and national struggles in contemporary Arab autobiography.
£22.79
Edinburgh University Press The Life and Work of W. Montgomery Watt
Book SynopsisThis commemorative volume discusses aspects of the life and work of the internationally famous scholar Professor W. Montgomery Watt (1909 2006).
£85.50
Edinburgh University Press Secularism in the Arab World
Book SynopsisThis book is a translation of Aziz al-Azmeh's seminal work Al-'Ilmaniya min mandhur mukhtalif that was first published in Beirut in 1992.
£85.50
