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The University of Chicago Press Black Nationalism
Book SynopsisA study of the organization, life and meaning of the "Nation of Islam" and, by extension, all Black Nationalist movements. This work dispels the common conception that the movement functioned primarily for political purposes.
£23.00
The University of Chicago Press Islam Observed
Book SynopsisIn four brief chapters, writes Clifford Geertz in his preface, I have attempted both to lay out a general framework for the comparative analysis of religion and to apply it to a study of the development of a supposedly single creed, Islam, in two quite contrasting civilizations, the Indonesian and the Moroccan. Mr. Geertz begins his argument by outlining the problem conceptually and providing an overview of the two countries. He then traces the evolution of their classical religious styles which, with disparate settings and unique histories, produced strikingly different spiritual climates. So in Morocco, the Islamic conception of life came to mean activism, moralism, and intense individuality, while in Indonesia the same concept emphasized aestheticism, inwardness, and the radical dissolution of personality. In order to assess the significance of these interesting developments, Mr. Geertz sets forth a series of theoretical observations concerning the social role of religion.
£23.00
The University of Chicago Press Islamic Spain 1250 to 1500
Book SynopsisThis is a richly detailed account of Muslim life throughout the kingdoms of Spain, from the fall of Seville, which signaled the beginning of the retreat of Islam, to the Christian reconquest. Harvey not only examines the politics of the Nasrids, but also the Islamic communities in the Christian kingdoms of the peninsula. This innovative approach breaks new ground, enables the reader to appreciate the situation of all Spanish Muslims and is fully vindicated...An absorbing and thoroughly informed narrative.--Richard Hitchcock, Times Higher Education Supplement L. P. Harvey has produced a beautifully written account of an enthralling subject.--Peter Linehan, The Observer
£30.00
The University of Chicago Press Reading Darwin in Arabic 18601950
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£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Secularizing Islamists
Book SynopsisProvides an analysis of two Islamist political parties in Pakistan, the highly influential Jama'at-e-Islami and the more militant Jama'at-ud-Da'wa, widely blamed for the November 2008 terrorist attack in Mumbai, India. This title offers an account of the relationship between the ideology of secularism and the processes of secularization.Trade Review"The real strength of the book is the serious depth of its empirical research, both historical and anthropological - there is no other work that brings such a range of materials to a study of Islamism in contemporary Pakistan. This important book will interest policy professionals worldwide who are concerned with Islamic radicalism." (Aamir Mufti, University of California, Los Angeles)"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Islam and Education Myths and Truths
Book SynopsisExplores the world of education in Islam since the medieval era, illuminating the struggle among Islamic scholars and educators over whether to reform or resist as a way of preserving identity. This title also offers an overview of the great diversity in forms of Islamic education.
£19.00
The University of Chicago Press Demonizing the Queen of Sheba Boundaries of
Book SynopsisShows how Jewish and Muslim writers transformed the biblical Queen of Sheba from a clever, politically astute sovereign to a demonic force threatening gender boundries. Successive retellings of the biblical story reveal anxieties about gender and illuminate cultural transmission.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Alfarabi and the Foundation of Islamic Political
Book SynopsisOffers an analysis of the work of Alfarabi, the founder of Islamic political philosophy. This philosophical engagement with the writings of and about Alfarabi is suitable for those interested in medieval political philosophy.Trade Review"This is the magisterial work of an extraordinary scholar. Muhsin Mahdi has spent a lifetime editing, translating, and interpreting Alfarabi. In Mahdi's presentation, Alfarabi becomes one of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages, whose original ideas on philosophy and religion, on theology and jurisprudence, are relevant to contemporary discussions." - Joel L. Kraemer, University of Chicago.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press Beyond Debt Islamic Experiments in Global Finance
Book SynopsisRecent economic crises have made the centrality of debt, and the instability it creates, increasingly apparent. This realization has led to cries for changeyet there is little popular awareness of possible alternatives. Beyond Debt describes efforts to create a transnational economy free of debt. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Malaysia, Daromir Rudnyckyj illustrates how the state, led by the central bank, seeks to make the country's capital Kuala Lumpur the New York of the Muslim worldthe central node of global financial activity conducted in accordance with Islam. Rudnyckyj shows how Islamic financial experts have undertaken ambitious experiments to create more stable economies and stronger social solidarities by facilitating risk- and profit-sharing, enhanced entrepreneurial skills, and more collaborative economic action. Building on scholarship that reveals the impact of financial devices on human activity, he illustrates how Islamic finance is deployed to fashion subjects who are at once more pious Muslims and more ambitious entrepreneurs. In so doing, Rudnyckyj shows how experts seek to create a new geoeconomicsa global Islamic alternative to the conventional financial network centered on New York, London, and Tokyo. A groundbreaking analysis of a timely subject, Beyond Debt tells the captivating story of efforts to re-center international finance in an emergent Islamic global city and, ultimately, to challenge the very foundations of conventional finance.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Islam and World History
Book SynopsisPublished in 1974, Marshall Hodgson's The Venture of Islam was a watershed moment in the study of Islam. By locating the history of Islamic societies in a global perspective, Hodgson challenged the orientalist paradigms that had stunted the development of Islamic studies and provided an alternative approach to world history. Edited by Edmund Burke III and Robert Mankin, Islam and World History explores the complexity of Hodgson's thought, the daring of his ideas, and the global context of his world historical insights into, among other themes, Islam and world history, gender in Islam, and the problem of Muslim universality. In our post-9/11 world, Hodgson's historical vision and moral engagement have never been more relevant. A towering achievement, Islam and World History will prove to be the definitive statement on Hodgson's relevance in the twenty-first century and will introduce his influential work to a new generation of readers.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Islam
Book SynopsisThis volume constitutes a comprehensive history and analysis of Islam - its history, its conflicts, its legacy - and its prospects. It traces the development of Islam as a religion and as an intellectual tradition, offering an introduction to the faith and an argument for its future direction.
£23.00
The University of Chicago Press Textual Sources for the Study of Islam Textual
Book Synopsis[This collection] is distinguished by its wide range and the care which has clearly gone into the selection of texts for inclusion. . . . Attention has understandably been focused on what might be called the religious aspects of Islam, such as scripture, theology, sects, law, ritual and mysticism, but within those limits the texts chosen are marked by substantially of content, by geographical, chronological and social diversity, and by an intelligent use of less well known authors. . . . An excellent starting point for a systematic and analytical examination of Islam.G. R. Hawting, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
£28.00
University of Chicago Press Varieties of Muslim Experience Encounters with
Book SynopsisExplores aspects of Arab Muslim life that are, at first glance, perplexing to Westerners. This title argues that the common thread is the importance Arabs place on the negotiation of interpersonal relationships - a link that helps to explain actions as seemingly unfathomable as suicide bombing and as elusive as Quranic interpretation.Trade Review"Rosen tackles such issues as Arab ideas of justice, human rights, reading the Koran in the West, representations of the Prophet.... A provocative, elegantly written book on which to ponder." (Choice)"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Varieties of Muslim Experience Encounters with
Book SynopsisExplores aspects of Arab Muslim life that are, at first glance, perplexing to Westerners. This title argues that the common thread is the importance Arabs place on the negotiation of interpersonal relationships - a link that helps to explain actions as seemingly unfathomable as suicide bombing and as elusive as Quranic interpretation.Trade Review"Rosen tackles such issues as Arab ideas of justice, human rights, reading the Koran in the West, representations of the Prophet.... A provocative, elegantly written book on which to ponder." (Choice)"
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Believing in South Central
Book SynopsisThe area of Los Angeles known as South Central is often overshadowed by dismal stereotypes, problematic racial stigmas, and its status as the home to some of the city's poorest and most violent neighborhoods. Amid South Central's shifting demographics and its struggles with poverty, sociologist Pamela J. Prickett takes a closer look, focusing on the members of an African American Muslim community and exploring how they help each other combat poverty, job scarcity, violence, and racial injustice. Prickett's engaging ethnography relates how believers in this longstanding religious community see Islam as a way of life, a comprehensive blueprint for individual and collective action, guiding how to interact with others, conduct business, strive for progress, and cultivate faith. Prickett offers deep insights into the day-to-day lived religion of the Muslims who call this community home, showing how the mosque provides a system of social support and how believers deepen their spiritual pracTrade Review"Smart and highly original, Believing in South Central details how a small Muslim community in South Central, Los Angeles, makes meaning of their faith in the midst of a changing racial landscape and a declining community of believers. Prickett brings nuanced analysis, beautiful prose, and seamless narration together in this ethnography that will expand scholars' understanding of how African Americans practice their Islamic faith outside Arab and South Asian Muslim communities."--Ula Y. Taylor, author of The Promise of Patriarchy: Women and the Nation of IslamTable of ContentsIntroduction: Living a Muslim Way of Life in South Central Chapter One: “Our Test Is Living a Community Life” Chapter Two: “Don’t Move. Improve” Chapter Three: “Money Is Funny” Chapter Four: “Why Not Just Use a Cucumber!” Chapter Five: “That’s What They Think of Us” Conclusion: “Allahu Akbar” Methods Appendix Acknowledgments Notes References Index
£89.02
The University of Chicago Press In Whose Image Political Islam and Urban
Book SynopsisThe author was employed as consultant for the Islamic fundamentalist Shari'a Movement's project to unite Muslims and non-Muslims in Khartoum's shanty towns. His book examines the use of Islam as a tool for political transformation and discusses religious discourse in Africa.
£38.00
The University of Chicago Press In Honor of Fadime Murder and Shame
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I Swedish Lives 1 Fadime, in Remembrance 2 Sara: “Too Swedish” for a Right to Live 3 Pela, or History Repeats Itself Part II Honor 4 What Is Honor? 5 The Cross-Cultural Context of Honor Killing 6 Virginity, Virility, and Honor Part III Fadime’s Case 7 At a Trial 8 Little Sister, Thirteen Years Old 9 A Mother’s Story 10 Naive or Primitive? 11 Strength Born from Grief Part IV Norwegian Lives 12 Intermission: Honor in the Courtroom 13 Nadia’s Case: Another Question of Honor 14 The Zedini Case: Was Honor at Stake? 15 The Lørenskog Murder: Rethinking Honor Part V The Appeal 16 The Man in the Woods 17 The Mother Part VI The Way Forward 18 Speaking in Parliament 19 Integration 20 At Stake: A Perception of Humanity Part VII Reflections 21 Longing for a Family AfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesReferences
£19.00
McGill-Queen's University Press Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice
Book SynopsisSince the 1980s, Muslim women reformers have made great strides in critiquing and reinterpreting the Islamic tradition. Yet these achievements have not produced a significant shift in the lived experience of Islam, particularly with respect to equality and justice in Muslim families. A new approach is needed: one that examines the underlying instruments of tradition and explores avenues for effecting change. In Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice leading intellectuals and emerging researchers grapple with the problem of entrenched positions within Islam that affect women, investigating the processes by which interpretations become authoritative, the theoretical foundations upon which they stand, and the ways they have been used to inscribe and enforce gender limitations. Together, they argue that the Islamic interpretive tradition displays all the trappings of canonical texts, canonical figures, and canon law despite the fact that Islam does not ordain religious authoritTrade Review"Islamic Interpretive Tradition and Gender Justice offers many original and compelling insights into Qur'anic exegesis, Muslim laws, and Islamic traditions and is likely to open up new interpretive horizons for rethinking religious knowledge." Asma Barlas, Ithaca College and author of Believing Women in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an
£27.08
McGill-Queen's University Press Made for the Eye of One Who Sees
Book SynopsisBringing together recent scholarship on Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology being conducted in Canada and by Canadian scholars, Made for the Eye of One Who Sees provides the first survey of the Canadian contributions to this developing field. It covers topics from across the Islamic world dating from the eighth century to the present.Trade Review“A book for the times, Made for the Eye of One Who Sees presents an engaging account of the successes and diversity in the field of Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology in Canada.” Alan Walmsley, director of the Materiality in Islam Research Initiative, University of Copenhagen“Made for the Eye of One Who Sees represents a significant advance in Islamic art and history, bringing new materials and new interpretations into view.” Margaret Graves, Indiana University and author of Arts of Allusion: Object, Ornament, and Architecture in Medieval Islam
£48.60
Columbia University Press Politics Gender and the Islamic Past
Book SynopsisExamines the life of 'A'isha bint Abi Bakr, Muhammad's most beloved and controversial wife, and a central figure in Islamic cultural history. Instead of employing the traditional chronological technique of the biographer, however, Spellberg uses 'A'isha as a lens through which to examine the place of women in Islamic societies.Trade ReviewThe book is a rare treat. Well researched and well written, it approaches the issue of Islamic biography from a fresh and engaging perspective... An exciting contribution to the developing body of literature identified under the general but changing rubric of feminist. International Journal of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1. Approaches to the Study of a Legacy: An Introduction 2. Priveledges and Problems: The Shaping of 'A'isha's Historical Persona 3. The Accusation of Adultery and Communal Debate 4. Gender and the Politics of Succession 5. The Politics of Praise: 'A'isha and the Development of Islamic Female Ideals 6. The Last Word: A Note in Conclusion Notes Glossary Bibliography Index Illustrations
£27.00
Columbia University Press Religion and State
Book SynopsisAre today's radical Islamic groups restoring Islam to an earlier model of religiously inspired politics, as they claim, or are they introducing striking innovations? A leading scholar of the Muslim world investigates these issues in the context of the broad reaches of Muslim history.Trade ReviewA balanced, scholarly assessment of Islamic politics... A subtle and skilled rejoinder to the conventional schools of thought-and to fashionable assumptions about the 'post-Islamist' era. Foreign Affairs Brown... is one of the giants of Middle Eastern studies and his books get better and better... A well-written and lucid study. Middle East Quarterly Both an important and a useful book. It is important for the light it sheds on the politics and also on the societies of the Islamic world by daring to make an unfashionable but highly productive comparison between Islam and Christendom... It addresses very precisely the questions in the minds of many upper-level undergraduates taking courses in Islamic political thought. It should, however, be read by everyone interested in politics in the Islamic world or in international relations. Islamic Studies Religion and State destabilizes entrenched conventional thinking about Islam and politics. This alone makes the book worth reading. The Journal of Religion The image of Islam as an inherently aggressive and xenophobic religion has long prevailed in the West and can at times appear to be substantiated by current events. This book challenges this conventional wisdom with a fascinating, historical overview of the relationship between religious and political life in the Muslim world, from Islam's early centuries to the present day. The Middle East Paves the way for grasping the Islamist phenomenon in its diverse forms in the contemporary Muslim world. History of Religions This timely book on Islam and politics... paves the way for grasping the Islamist phenomenon in its diverse forms in the contemporary Muslim world... Brown has offered us the necessary epistemological tools to come to grips with the complex theme of Islam and politics both in the classical and modern phases of the Muslim world. -- Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi Muslim World JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One The Heritage 1. Setting the Stage: Islam and the Muslims 2. Islam, Judaism, and Christianity in Comparative Perspective: An Overview 3. Muslim "Church Government" 4. The Historical Bases of Traditional Muslim and Christian Political Theory 5. Unity and Community 6. The Roots of Political Pessimism 7. Muslim Attitudes Toward the State: An Impressionistic Sketch Part Two Convulsions of Modern Times 8. Islam and Politics in Modern Times: The Great Transformation 9. Meeting the Western Challenge: The Early Establishment Response 10. The Early Antiestablishment Response to the Western Challenge 11. From World War I to the 1960s: The Years of Muted Islamist Politics 12. The Return of Islam? 13. The Radical Muslim Discourse 14. Al-Banna, Mawdudi, and Qutb 15. Khomeini and Shi'ite Islamism Conclusion Notes Islam and Politics Past and Present: A Bibliographical Essay Works Cited Index
£90.00
Columbia University Press Religion and State
Book SynopsisAre today's radical Islamic groups restoring Islam to an earlier model of religiously inspired politics, as they claim, or are they introducing striking innovations? A leading scholar of the Muslim world investigates these issues in the context of the broad reaches of Muslim history.Trade ReviewA balanced, scholarly assessment of Islamic politics... A subtle and skilled rejoinder to the conventional schools of thought-and to fashionable assumptions about the 'post-Islamist' era. Foreign Affairs Brown... is one of the giants of Middle Eastern studies and his books get better and better... A well-written and lucid study. Middle East Quarterly Both an important and a useful book. It is important for the light it sheds on the politics and also on the societies of the Islamic world by daring to make an unfashionable but highly productive comparison between Islam and Christendom... It addresses very precisely the questions in the minds of many upper-level undergraduates taking courses in Islamic political thought. It should, however, be read by everyone interested in politics in the Islamic world or in international relations. Islamic Studies Religion and State destabilizes entrenched conventional thinking about Islam and politics. This alone makes the book worth reading. The Journal of Religion The image of Islam as an inherently aggressive and xenophobic religion has long prevailed in the West and can at times appear to be substantiated by current events. This book challenges this conventional wisdom with a fascinating, historical overview of the relationship between religious and political life in the Muslim world, from Islam's early centuries to the present day. The Middle East Paves the way for grasping the Islamist phenomenon in its diverse forms in the contemporary Muslim world. History of Religions This timely book on Islam and politics... paves the way for grasping the Islamist phenomenon in its diverse forms in the contemporary Muslim world... Brown has offered us the necessary epistemological tools to come to grips with the complex theme of Islam and politics both in the classical and modern phases of the Muslim world. -- Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi Muslim World JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction Part One The Heritage 1. Setting the Stage: Islam and the Muslims 2. Islam, Judaism, and Christianity in Comparative Perspective: An Overview 3. Muslim "Church Government" 4. The Historical Bases of Traditional Muslim and Christian Political Theory 5. Unity and Community 6. The Roots of Political Pessimism 7. Muslim Attitudes Toward the State: An Impressionistic Sketch Part Two Convulsions of Modern Times 8. Islam and Politics in Modern Times: The Great Transformation 9. Meeting the Western Challenge: The Early Establishment Response 10. The Early Antiestablishment Response to the Western Challenge 11. From World War I to the 1960s: The Years of Muted Islamist Politics 12. The Return of Islam? 13. The Radical Muslim Discourse 14. Al-Banna, Mawdudi, and Qutb 15. Khomeini and Shi'ite Islamism Conclusion Notes Islam and Politics Past and Present: A Bibliographical Essay Works Cited Index
£27.00
Columbia University Press A History of Islamic Philosophy 3e
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£103.55
Columbia University Press Secularism Confronts Islam
Book SynopsisThe denunciation of fundamentalism in France, embodied in the law against the veil and the deportation of imams, has shifted into a systematic attack on Muslims and Islam. This book makes clear that Muslim intellectuals have made it possible for Muslims to live concretely in a secularized world while maintaining the identity of a true believer.Trade ReviewA work of sustained deconstruction, [Roy] takes apart the myths, cliches and prejudices which characterise the current conversation about Islam. The Economist [A] brilliant little book. -- Philip H. Gordon Foreign Affairs A remarkable book: articulate, original, lucid, without a paragraph that fails to contain an interesting thought. -- Claire Belinski New York Sun [A] valuable little monograph. -- Martin Levin Globe & Mail Roy provides a useful corrective to the interpretation of Islamism. -- John Gray Harper's Superb... a welcome contribution to political science, sociology, religious studies--and statecraft. Choice [A] cogent work. Middle East Journal An insightful analysis. -- Talip Kucukcan Insight Turkey Rich in theoretical analysis. American Journal of Islamic Social SciencesTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Laicite and the Identity of France 1. French Laicite and Islam: Which Is the Exception? 2. Islam and Secularization 3. The Crisis of the Secular State and the New Forms of Religiosity 4. De Facto Secularization Notes Index
£55.80
Columbia University Press Secularism Confronts Islam
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA work of sustained deconstruction, [Roy] takes apart the myths, cliches and prejudices which characterise the current conversation about Islam. The Economist [A] brilliant little book. -- Philip H. Gordon Foreign Affairs A remarkable book: articulate, original, lucid, without a paragraph that fails to contain an interesting thought. -- Claire Belinski New York Sun [A] valuable little monograph. -- Martin Levin Globe & Mail Roy provides a useful corrective to the interpretation of Islamism. -- John Gray Harper's Superb... a welcome contribution to political science, sociology, religious studies--and statecraft. Choice [A] cogent work. Middle East Journal An insightful analysis. -- Talip Kucukcan Insight Turkey Rich in theoretical analysis. American Journal of Islamic Social SciencesTable of ContentsPreface Introduction: Laicite and the Identity of France 1. French Laicite and Islam: Which Is the Exception? 2. Islam and Secularization 3. The Crisis of the Secular State and the New Forms of Religiosity 4. De Facto Secularization Notes Index
£16.19
Columbia University Press Reshaping the Holy Democracy Development and
Book SynopsisThrough extensive field research, Elora Shehabuddin explores the profound implications of women's political and social mobilization for reshaping Islam. Specifically, she examines the lives of Muslim women in Bangladesh who have become increasingly mobilized by the activities of predominantly secular NGOs, yet who desire to retain, reclaim, and reshape-rather than reject-their faith. In their employment and in their interactions with the legal system, the state, NGOs, and political and religious groups, women are changing state practices, views of women in the public sphere, and the nature of lived Islam itself. In contrast to most work on Islam and Muslims, which has focused on the Middle East and has privileged the study of religious and legal texts, this book redirects our attention to South Asia, home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the world, and emphasizes the actual experiences of Muslims. Women and gender, as well as Bangladesh's formally democratic context, are cenTrade ReviewReshaping the Holy: Democracy, Development, and Muslim Women in Bangladesh is a welcome addition to what we know about Bangladesh, Islam, and development practices. Journal of Asian StudiesTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Gender, Islam, and Politics in Bangladesh 2. Gender and Social Reform 3. "A Little Money for Tea": Rural Women's Encounters with the State 4. Contesting Development: Between Islamist and Secularist Perspectives 5. Democracy on the Ground 6. Beyond Muslim Motherhood Coda Notes Works Cited Index
£82.80
Columbia University Press Shiite Lebanon
Book SynopsisPresents a framework for understanding Shi'ite national politics in Lebanon. This book recasts the relationship between religion and nationalism in the Middle East. It reconsiders not only the politics of the established leadership of Shi'ites, but also the everyday and popular practices of identity production in Lebanon.Trade ReviewSmart, balanced, and wonderfully readable. Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr has written a timely book at once groundbreaking and authoritative on a subject of great interest and importance. This is a work of careful scholarship and incisive analysis that provides fresh perspective on how Shi'ite identity and politics have taken form in Lebanon and the role they will play in that country's future. Easily the best book on the subject, it is a must-read for all those interested in Lebanon and the role that religion and sectarian identities play in Middle East politics. -- Vali Nasr, author of The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future [Shi'ite Lebanon] pursues the Iranian-Lebanese link in greater detail as a way of understanding Lebanese politics and society and the wider impact of Iran in the Middle East. -- Sajjad H. Rizvi The Muslim World Book Review I would recommend it to any serious scholar of contemporary Lebanon or transnational Shi'a networks. -- Morgan Clarke Journal of Shi'a Islamic StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction: Claiming Cultural Citizenship in Lebanon from Margin to Center Part 1 The Nation in the Making 1. Two Nations and One State: Shi'ite and Maronite Lebanon 2. Schooling and the Creation of Lebanese Shi'ite Public Identities Part 2 Transnational Debates and Local Struggles 3. Shi'ite Piety and the Palestinian Cause: The History of a Discourse 4. The Politics of Shi'ite Authenticity Since 1982 5. Iranian Cultural Politics in Lebanon Epilogue Notes References Index
£79.80
Columbia University Press Shiite Lebanon
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewSmart, balanced, and wonderfully readable. Roschanack Shaery-Eisenlohr has written a timely book at once groundbreaking and authoritative on a subject of great interest and importance. This is a work of careful scholarship and incisive analysis that provides fresh perspective on how Shi'ite identity and politics have taken form in Lebanon and the role they will play in that country's future. Easily the best book on the subject, it is a must-read for all those interested in Lebanon and the role that religion and sectarian identities play in Middle East politics. -- Vali Nasr, author of The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future [Shi'ite Lebanon] pursues the Iranian-Lebanese link in greater detail as a way of understanding Lebanese politics and society and the wider impact of Iran in the Middle East. -- Sajjad H. Rizvi The Muslim World Book Review I would recommend it to any serious scholar of contemporary Lebanon or transnational Shi'a networks. -- Morgan Clarke Journal of Shi'a Islamic StudiesTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction: Claiming Cultural Citizenship in Lebanon from Margin to Center Part 1 The Nation in the Making 1. Two Nations and One State: Shi'ite and Maronite Lebanon 2. Schooling and the Creation of Lebanese Shi'ite Public Identities Part 2 Transnational Debates and Local Struggles 3. Shi'ite Piety and the Palestinian Cause: The History of a Discourse 4. The Politics of Shi'ite Authenticity Since 1982 5. Iranian Cultural Politics in Lebanon Epilogue Notes References Index
£25.20
Columbia University Press Islam in America
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJane I. Smith lifts up for our consideration questions Muslims themselves are taking and issues with which they are struggling. In this way, she moves beyond headlines into the heartlines. Indeed, the strength of Smith's book is her ability to make the reader feel as though he or she is actually in the presence of Muslims, listening and conversing with them about a wide range of human interest stories. Journal of Law and Religion Introductions to Islam are abundant. But one with a focus on the American experience, written in clear, readable English, with a balanced approach, solid documentation, and a list of resources with helpful annotations, is rare. Jane I. Smith's Islam in America has all these characteristics. Middle East Journal A much needed corrective to the negative stereotypes of Islam and Muslims that prevail in the United States... The importance of this work is that it demonstrates that there is no monolithic Islam, steadfastly attempting to undermine American values and interests. The Journal of Religious Studies Fair, accessible, and detailed. The New York Times Book Review A useful entry level reading... Recommended. Choice is a valuable source for students and scholars who study Islam in America and offers useful features such as a chronology of significant events for American Muslims, a list of resources on the topic, and a glossary. -- Eren Tatari Review of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Muslim Faith and Practice 2. Contributors to the Development of Islam 3. Islam Comes to America 4. Islam in the African American Community 5. The Public Practice of Islam 6. Women and the Muslim American Family 7. Living a Muslim Life in American Society 8. Islam in America Post-9/11 Chronology Notes Glossary Resources for the Study of Islam in America Index
£79.20
Columbia University Press Islam in America
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJane I. Smith lifts up for our consideration questions Muslims themselves are taking and issues with which they are struggling. In this way, she moves beyond headlines into the heartlines. Indeed, the strength of Smith's book is her ability to make the reader feel as though he or she is actually in the presence of Muslims, listening and conversing with them about a wide range of human interest stories. Journal of Law and Religion Introductions to Islam are abundant. But one with a focus on the American experience, written in clear, readable English, with a balanced approach, solid documentation, and a list of resources with helpful annotations, is rare. Jane I. Smith's Islam in America has all these characteristics. Middle East Journal A much needed corrective to the negative stereotypes of Islam and Muslims that prevail in the United States... The importance of this work is that it demonstrates that there is no monolithic Islam, steadfastly attempting to undermine American values and interests. The Journal of Religious Studies Fair, accessible, and detailed. The New York Times Book Review A useful entry level reading... Recommended. Choice is a valuable source for students and scholars who study Islam in America and offers useful features such as a chronology of significant events for American Muslims, a list of resources on the topic, and a glossary. -- Eren Tatari Review of Middle East StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Muslim Faith and Practice 2. Contributors to the Development of Islam 3. Islam Comes to America 4. Islam in the African American Community 5. The Public Practice of Islam 6. Women and the Muslim American Family 7. Living a Muslim Life in American Society 8. Islam in America Post-9/11 Chronology Notes Glossary Resources for the Study of Islam in America Index
£25.20
Columbia University Press Islamic Law and Civil Code
Book SynopsisTrade Review(A) fascinating read, and a core addition to community and college library collections focusing on international law. Midwest Book Review This book is a perfect study of the reform of Islamic law in the Muslim world... It will certainly be a useful guide to graduate students and researchers of Islamic law. -- Harun Karcic Symposia Extremely well-written and highly-informative... This is a very welcome addition to the English language Islamic law library. I suspect that those who teach courses on modern Islamic law will quickly place it on their mandatory reading lists. -- Mohammad Fadel Journal of Islamic StudiesTable of ContentsForeword by Frank Vogel Foreword by Ridwan Al-Sayyid Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Transliterations and Abbreviations 1. The Classical Islamic Law of Property The Classification of Lands in the Shari?ah ?Ushri Lands Kharaji Lands State Lands: The Private Domain Mawat Lands Public Lands and Servitudes Waqfs Land Tenure and Property Rights Private Property: Mulk Land Enjoyment of the Right of Ownership Acquisition and Disposition of the Right of Ownership Waqf Lands Holdings of State-Owned Lands Later Development of the Islamic System of Tenure in Egypt 2. Traditional Islamic Law in the Modern Era The System of Land Tenure Created by Muhammad Ali Kharaji Lands Masmuh Lands Rizqah Lands Ab?adiyah Lands Usiyah Lands The Traditional System of Land Tenure Prior to the Civil Codes State Lands Mulk Lands: Private Property Waqf Lands 3. The Introduction of a Western Civil Code System Ottoman Sovereignty and the Capitulations Tribunals of the Reform: The Mixed Court System Mixed Courts Consular Courts Native Courts Mahkamahs Millah Courts The Civil Codes 4. Property Law Under the First Civil Codes State Lands Kharaji Lands Mawat Lands The Public Domain The Private Domain Waqf Lands Waqf Law in the Civil Courts The Law of Waqf State Administration of Waqfs Private Property The Right of Ownership Ownership and Other Real Rights Enjoyment of the Right of Ownership The Transfer of Ownership Rights Inheritance and Testament Gifts Accession Appropriation Prescription Preemption Agreements and Contracts 5. The Development of a National Legal System Unity of Jurisdiction The Civil Courts The Administrative Courts The Courts of Personal Status Law Reform The Shari?ah Law of Personal Status The Law of Waqf The Civil Law 6. Property Law Under the Civil Code of 1949 Rules of Property Law in the Civil Code Private Property The Principal Real Rights The Right of Ownership The Transfer of Ownership Rights Inheritance Testamentary Dispositions Accession Appropriation Prescription Preemption Contract Pledge and Mortgage State Lands Waqfs Developments Under the Revolutionary Government Notes Appendix Bibliography Index
£52.70
Columbia University Press The New Muslim Brotherhood in the West
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe New Muslim Brotherhood in the West sheds considerable light on an especially poorly understood phenomenon. Lorenzo Vidino is to be commended for producing a comprehensive overview that is likely to become the standard text on this subject. -- Bruce Hoffman, Georgetown University, author of Inside Terrorism Lorenzo Vidino's illuminating book nicely outlines the challenges faced by Western governments in trying to pursue counter-radicalization policies within their own Muslim populations. Vidino provides a well-informed, thoughtful, and balanced analysis of the dilemmas posed by the potential threat of domestic extremism. -- Steven Miller, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Though he remains a sceptic, he provides a wealth of information to let the rest of us make up our minds. Economist Mr. Vidino's book is essential reading for those concerned about understanding its past past and future activities and directions. -- Joshua Sinai Washington Times ...informative, well-written... Choice ...this volume is a key addition to the literature and a must read for students, academics and practitioners who are interested in understanding an organization that has assumed the role of spokesperson for the ever growing Western Muslim community. -- Lavinia Stan European LegacyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Who Speaks for Western Muslims? 2. The Western Brotherhood 3. Aims and Methods 4. The Governments' Dilemma 5. Great Britain 6. Germany 7. The United States 8. The Brothers and Terrorism: Firefighters or Arsonists? Conclusion: The Way Forward Notes Bibliography Index
£42.50
Columbia University Press Muslim Identities
Book SynopsisThis well-rounded introduction takes an expansive view of Islamic ideology, culture, and tradition, sourcing a range of historical, sociological, and literary perspectives.Trade Review[A] truly extraordinary book... the very best introduction currently available in English for non-Muslims seeking a sound approach to Islam. -- Murad Wilfried Hofmann Journal of Islamic Studies Muslim Identities is a welcome addition to the list of introductory books on Islamic religion. -- Christine D. Baker H-Mideast-Medieval An excellent corrective to many other introductions... Hughes's text has much to recommend it for introductory classes on Islam at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. And it is certain to lead to much productive conversation and debate among scholars of Islamic Studies about the future of the field itself. -- Khurram Hussain ReligionTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Religious Studies and the Academic Study of Islam Part I. Origins 1. Setting the Stage: Pre-Islamic Arabia 2. The Making of the Last Prophet 3. The Quran: The Base Narrative Part II. Identity Formations 4. Islam Beyond the Arabian Peninsula: A Historical Overview 5. Early Sectarianism and the Formation of Shi'ism 6. Legal Developments and the Rise of Sunni Islam 7. Sufism Part III. Beliefs and Practices 8. Constituting Identities: Beliefs and Schools 9. The Performance of Muslim Identities Part IV. Modern Variations 10. Encounters with Modernity 11. Constructing Muslim Women 12. Islam Post-September 11 Glossary Index
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Columbia University Press The Making of Salafism
Book SynopsisSees the Salafi movement as a recent conception of Islam projected back onto the past and its purist evolution as a direct result of decolonizationTrade ReviewThis book brings much needed clarity to the history of Salafism and revises common accounts of a little known yet much talked about Islamic intellectual trend. Henri Lauziere has skillfully fleshed out the genealogy of Salafism, and his work will have an important impact on the field of the history of ideas in the modern Muslim world. -- Malika Zeghal, Harvard University An essential resource for those trying to understand Salafis and Salafism, confusing terms with very contested histories. Henri Lauziere brings sense and order to a debate that reaches back to medieval times yet still flashes across screens today. The Making of Salafism illuminates a crucial aspect of the intellectual history of the Middle East and North Africa in the twentieth century. -- Jonathan Brown, Georgetown University This book fills a crucial gap in modern Islamic intellectual history: it untangles the now ubiquitous term Salafism, showing how the concept was invented, used, and contested through the twentieth century as both an analytical tool and a self-identifier. This conceptual history is paired with rich biographical material, which locates the shifting meanings of Salafism in the context of the wider historical processes of colonialism and independence. -- Ahmed El Shamsy, University of Chicago As a scholar of Islam, Lauziere remains unmatched. Washington Book Review [Lauziere] takes readers on a journey through the influences of political and social movements, their collaborators, and media pundits on a theological term-salafi... Highly recommended. Choice An excellent book that provides a brilliant historical analysis of the emergence and trajectory of the concept of Salafism... a major contribution to the field. Middle East Journal While Lauziere's impressive exposition of the term's slippery semantic history is primarily of interest to specialists, his analysis is of crucial importance in demonstrating Salafism's commitment to textual literalism. New York Review of Books A masterpiece of original scholarship and very highly recommended. Midwest Book Review Timely and important contribution... excellently crafted. [The Making of Salafism] serves as an invaluable tool for a continuous interrogation of the concept of Salafism. Islamic Africa 7 This engaging and brilliantly researched book offers the reader the first comprehensive study of the process by which the conceptualization of Salafism developed... It is an excellent book that should receive serious consideration from all historians interested in modern Islam. -- Etty Terem American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Being Salafi in the Early Twentieth Century 2. Rashid Rida's Rehabilitation of the Wahhabis and Its Consequences 3. Purist Salafism in the Age of Islamic Nationalism 4. The Ironies of Modernity and the Advent of Modernist Salafism 5. Searching for a Raison d'Etre in the Postindependence Era 6. The Triumph and Ideologization of Purist Salafism Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Islam
Book SynopsisNadia Marzouki investigates how Islam has become so contentious in American politics. She argues that public controversies over Islam in the United States primarily reflect the American public's profound divisions and ambivalence toward freedom of speech and the legitimacy of liberal secular democracy.Trade ReviewMarzouki provides a unique approach to contemporary American political discourse surrounding Islam and documents vital results likely to remain relevant to readers in the United States and Europe for quite some time. -- Denise A. Spellberg, University of Texas at Austin, author of Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an: Islam and the Founders The integration of Islam in the United States and France is routinely contrasted as evidence of the power of multiculturalism in the United States. Yet as Marzouki so deftly describes, the United States now faces the same rise in anti-Muslim populism that is so firmly entrenched in France. This book will be of interest not only to those who study Islam in the United States and Europe, but to those who study the integration of ethnic and religious minorities more broadly. -- Christopher Bail, Duke University, author of Terrified: How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream For the past three decades, Americans have been thinking about Islam and Muslims to enact policies related to immigration, national security, citizenship, cultural belonging, and international relations. Marzouki astutely asks how this has affected public discourse and the politics of religion in the contemporary United States. Her answers are refreshingly nuanced, empirically and theoretically grounded, and global in their scope. This is a timely and immensely thought-provoking book. -- Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Reed College, author of A History of Islam in America: From the New World to the New World OrdeTable of ContentsForeword, by Olivier Roy Acknowledgments Introduction to the American Edition: A Euro-American Debate Over Islam Introduction 1. Muslim Americans: A Religious Minority Like Any Other? 2. The Mosque Controversies: Moral Offense and Religious Liberty 3. The Anti-Sharia Movement 4. The Face of Anti-Muslim Populism 5. Forcing the First Amendment: American Exporting of Religious Freedom Conclusion Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Imperial Mecca Ottoman Arabia and the Indian
Book SynopsisMichael Christopher Low analyzes the late Ottoman hajj and Hijaz region as transimperial spaces, reshaped by the competing forces of Istanbul’s project of frontier modernization and the extraterritorial reach of British India’s steamship empire in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea.Trade ReviewButtressed by monumental archival research and charging with lively prose, this profoundly significant book steers us through intractable historiographical swells to arrive at a wholly new history of the late Ottoman Empire, one in which the Hijaz, Indian Muslims and Jawis, modern govermentality, debates over extraterritoriality, and science and technology are the main protagonists. A major achievement. -- Alan Mikhail, author of God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern WorldImperial Mecca illuminates the making of the modern Hajj and technocratic regimes in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Arabia. Dislodging conventional emphases such as European fears of the Ottoman caliphate, ‘Pan-Islamism’, or other forms of Muslim exceptionalism, Low vividly depicts how new travel, communication, and surveillance technologies, interlaced with related environmental and epidemiological factors, shaped the opportunities and limits of Ottoman and British imperial power. A tour de force on the Indian Ocean Hajj. -- Faiz Ahmed, author of Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft between the Ottoman and British EmpiresImperial Mecca is an exciting contribution to the literature on the international history of the Hajj. Far beyond its religious significance, Low demonstrates on the basis of meticulous archival work that Hajj management provided the entry point for the development of a modern Ottoman governmental rationality that operated through the management of mobility, disease, environment, and the law. -- John M. Willis, author of Unmaking North and South: Cartographies of the Yemeni PastProvides an innovative analysis of how Istanbul maintained the Hajj during the 19th century...Recommended. * Choice *A highly engaging and readable account, this is the sort of book that could be assigned to undergraduates to give them a glimpse into the late Ottoman Empire. * Journal of Arabic Literature *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsA Note on Sources, Transliteration, and DatesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Between Two Worlds: An Ottoman Island Adrift on a Colonial OceanPart I: Extraterritorial Frontiers1. Blurred Vision: The Hijaz and the Hajj in the Colonial Imagination2. Legal Imperialism: Foreign Muslims and Muslim ConsulsPart II: Ecologies of Empire3. Microbial Mecca and the Global Crisis of Cholera4. Bedouins and Broken PipesPart III: Managing Mobility5. Passports and Tickets6. The Camel and the RailEpilogue: Legacies and AfterlivesNotesIndex
£83.60
Columbia University Press Imperial Mecca
Book SynopsisMichael Christopher Low analyzes the late Ottoman hajj and Hijaz region as transimperial spaces, reshaped by the competing forces of Istanbul’s project of frontier modernization and the extraterritorial reach of British India’s steamship empire in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea.Trade ReviewButtressed by monumental archival research and charging with lively prose, this profoundly significant book steers us through intractable historiographical swells to arrive at a wholly new history of the late Ottoman Empire, one in which the Hijaz, Indian Muslims and Jawis, modern govermentality, debates over extraterritoriality, and science and technology are the main protagonists. A major achievement. -- Alan Mikhail, author of God’s Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern WorldImperial Mecca illuminates the making of the modern Hajj and technocratic regimes in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Arabia. Dislodging conventional emphases such as European fears of the Ottoman caliphate, ‘Pan-Islamism’, or other forms of Muslim exceptionalism, Low vividly depicts how new travel, communication, and surveillance technologies, interlaced with related environmental and epidemiological factors, shaped the opportunities and limits of Ottoman and British imperial power. A tour de force on the Indian Ocean Hajj. -- Faiz Ahmed, author of Afghanistan Rising: Islamic Law and Statecraft between the Ottoman and British EmpiresImperial Mecca is an exciting contribution to the literature on the international history of the Hajj. Far beyond its religious significance, Low demonstrates on the basis of meticulous archival work that Hajj management provided the entry point for the development of a modern Ottoman governmental rationality that operated through the management of mobility, disease, environment, and the law. -- John M. Willis, author of Unmaking North and South: Cartographies of the Yemeni PastProvides an innovative analysis of how Istanbul maintained the Hajj during the 19th century...Recommended. * Choice *A highly engaging and readable account, this is the sort of book that could be assigned to undergraduates to give them a glimpse into the late Ottoman Empire. * Journal of Arabic Literature *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsA Note on Sources, Transliteration, and DatesAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Between Two Worlds: An Ottoman Island Adrift on a Colonial OceanPart I: Extraterritorial Frontiers1. Blurred Vision: The Hijaz and the Hajj in the Colonial Imagination2. Legal Imperialism: Foreign Muslims and Muslim ConsulsPart II: Ecologies of Empire3. Microbial Mecca and the Global Crisis of Cholera4. Bedouins and Broken PipesPart III: Managing Mobility5. Passports and Tickets6. The Camel and the RailEpilogue: Legacies and AfterlivesNotesIndex
£28.50
Columbia University Press The Clash of Values
Book SynopsisMansoor Moaddel provides groundbreaking empirical data to demonstrate how the collision between Islamic fundamentalism and liberal nationalism explains the Middle East and North Africa’s present and will determine its future. Offering a rigorous perspective on social change, The Clash of Values disentangles the region’s political complexity.Trade ReviewMoaddel comes to the subject of values with deep knowledge of the politics and histories of Islamic nations, along with unparalleled skill and experience in doing surveys in those countries. He delivers the definitive analysis of how religious fundamentalism conflicts with liberal nationalism to varying degrees throughout the region. -- Michael Hout, New York UniversityIs a new, more liberal cultural episode on the horizon for the Middle East? The Clash of Values offers new conceptualizations of religious fundamentalism and liberal values, along with clearly presented survey findings, to suggest that such a trajectory is entirely possible. -- Valentine M. Moghadam, author of Globalization and Social Movements: Islamism, Feminism, and the Global Justice MovementThis is a timely book that traces political and cultural transformations across many countries in the Muslim world with sound empirical evidence and a nuanced theoretical framework. Moaddel explains the recent turmoil as an expression of ideational shift from Islamic fundamentalism to liberal nationalism, highlighting serious cultural change that accounts for the Arab Spring and other changes in the region. -- Madawi Al-Rasheed, London School of EconomicsThe study is a certainly a major achievement and a must-read for students of the political culture of the “Muslim world.” The rich empirical evidence is proof of the vitality of liberal values in the region and contradicts all easy-handed assumptions about a fanatic and despotic region whose culture is incompatible with modern secularism, individualism, and democracy. * American Journal of Sociology *The sheer amount of cross-national data presented across the book makes it a strong point of reference for any researcher keen to trace post-2011 public opinion in the Middle East. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: People and Their Issues 1. Expressive Individualism2. The Social Status of Women and Gender Equality3. Secular Politics, Liberal Values, and National Identity4. Religious Fundamentalism as Disciplinarian Deity, Literalism, Religious Exclusivity, and Religious Intolerance5. Macro-Contextual (Country) Variation in Religious Fundamentalism and Liberal Values6. What Makes a Country More Developed: Liberal Values Versus Religious Beliefs7. The Arab Spring and Trends in Values: Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and TurkeyConclusions: The Viability of Liberal NationalismAppendix: The QuestionnaireNotesReferencesIndex
£83.60
Columbia University Press The Clash of Values
Book SynopsisMansoor Moaddel provides groundbreaking empirical data to demonstrate how the collision between Islamic fundamentalism and liberal nationalism explains the Middle East and North Africa’s present and will determine its future. Offering a rigorous perspective on social change, The Clash of Values disentangles the region’s political complexity.Trade ReviewMoaddel comes to the subject of values with deep knowledge of the politics and histories of Islamic nations, along with unparalleled skill and experience in doing surveys in those countries. He delivers the definitive analysis of how religious fundamentalism conflicts with liberal nationalism to varying degrees throughout the region. -- Michael Hout, New York UniversityIs a new, more liberal cultural episode on the horizon for the Middle East? The Clash of Values offers new conceptualizations of religious fundamentalism and liberal values, along with clearly presented survey findings, to suggest that such a trajectory is entirely possible. -- Valentine M. Moghadam, author of Globalization and Social Movements: Islamism, Feminism, and the Global Justice MovementThis is a timely book that traces political and cultural transformations across many countries in the Muslim world with sound empirical evidence and a nuanced theoretical framework. Moaddel explains the recent turmoil as an expression of ideational shift from Islamic fundamentalism to liberal nationalism, highlighting serious cultural change that accounts for the Arab Spring and other changes in the region. -- Madawi Al-Rasheed, London School of EconomicsThe study is a certainly a major achievement and a must-read for students of the political culture of the “Muslim world.” The rich empirical evidence is proof of the vitality of liberal values in the region and contradicts all easy-handed assumptions about a fanatic and despotic region whose culture is incompatible with modern secularism, individualism, and democracy. * American Journal of Sociology *The sheer amount of cross-national data presented across the book makes it a strong point of reference for any researcher keen to trace post-2011 public opinion in the Middle East. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: People and Their Issues 1. Expressive Individualism2. The Social Status of Women and Gender Equality3. Secular Politics, Liberal Values, and National Identity4. Religious Fundamentalism as Disciplinarian Deity, Literalism, Religious Exclusivity, and Religious Intolerance5. Macro-Contextual (Country) Variation in Religious Fundamentalism and Liberal Values6. What Makes a Country More Developed: Liberal Values Versus Religious Beliefs7. The Arab Spring and Trends in Values: Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and TurkeyConclusions: The Viability of Liberal NationalismAppendix: The QuestionnaireNotesReferencesIndex
£27.00
Columbia University Press The Sound of Salvation
Book SynopsisThe Jahriyya Sufis—a primarily Sinophone order in northwest China—inhabit a unique religious soundscape. The first ethnography of this order in any language, The Sound of Salvation draws on nearly a decade of fieldwork to reveal the intricacies and importance of Jahriyya vocal recitation.Trade ReviewA stunning piece of work. The study of Islam in China has been crying out for works that do justice to the specificities of local traditions while maintaining a productive conversation with the wider field of Islamic studies. This book bridges that divide in a way that few pieces of scholarship have been able to up until now. It is an immensely valuable ethnography in its own right, but also one that is theoretically provocative and that offers scholars outside the immediate field of Islam in China a vantage point from which to rethink their views of Sufi practices and related forms of ritual. -- David Brophy, author of Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China FrontierThis beautifully written book takes us into the unknown sonic world of China’s contemporary Sufi Muslims. Guangtian Ha's deep understanding of these people and their very possibly doomed tradition comes over on every page. This is a marvelous ethnography, rendered with subtlety, sophistication, and panache. -- Caroline Humphrey, coauthor of A Monastery in Time: The Making of Mongolian BuddhismThis is a substantial, unpretentious, and compelling ethnographic study focused on Jahriyya liturgical recitation in northwest China. Marked by expository clarity and absence of jargon, it is a wide-ranging and thoughtful, even wise, book that evidences the author’s impressive linguistic, historical, ethnographic, and theoretical sophistication. Whether exploring technical issues of multilanguage terminology, gender discrimination, or musicality and textual content of recitation, Ha always keeps larger questions about methodology and historical context, as well as the Jahriyya tradition (and its severely threatened survival), admirably in focus. -- William A. Graham, author of Beyond the Written Word: Oral Aspects of Scripture in the History of ReligionSensitive and illuminating work. * Inner Asia *Offers new perspectives on the importance of sound to religious practice, the role of gender in Chinese Islam, and the links connecting Chinese Muslims to the broader Islamic world. * Reading Religion *This volume undeniably offers a rare and fascinating insight into Sufism in China. * Religious Studies Review *A nuanced, sophisticated and provocative work that is a welcome contribution to the field of Chinese Islamic Studies. * Journal of Religious History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Archaeology of Sound2. The Sacred Circle3. Tempo of Time4. His Master’s Voice5. Labor of FaithEpilogue: Ethnography and the Future of the Jahriyya SoundNotesBibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press The Sound of Salvation Voice Gender and the Sufi
Book SynopsisThe Jahriyya Sufis—a primarily Sinophone order in northwest China—inhabit a unique religious soundscape. The first ethnography of this order in any language, The Sound of Salvation draws on nearly a decade of fieldwork to reveal the intricacies and importance of Jahriyya vocal recitation.Trade ReviewA stunning piece of work. The study of Islam in China has been crying out for works that do justice to the specificities of local traditions while maintaining a productive conversation with the wider field of Islamic studies. This book bridges that divide in a way that few pieces of scholarship have been able to up until now. It is an immensely valuable ethnography in its own right, but also one that is theoretically provocative and that offers scholars outside the immediate field of Islam in China a vantage point from which to rethink their views of Sufi practices and related forms of ritual. -- David Brophy, author of Uyghur Nation: Reform and Revolution on the Russia-China FrontierThis beautifully written book takes us into the unknown sonic world of China’s contemporary Sufi Muslims. Guangtian Ha's deep understanding of these people and their very possibly doomed tradition comes over on every page. This is a marvelous ethnography, rendered with subtlety, sophistication, and panache. -- Caroline Humphrey, coauthor of A Monastery in Time: The Making of Mongolian BuddhismThis is a substantial, unpretentious, and compelling ethnographic study focused on Jahriyya liturgical recitation in northwest China. Marked by expository clarity and absence of jargon, it is a wide-ranging and thoughtful, even wise, book that evidences the author’s impressive linguistic, historical, ethnographic, and theoretical sophistication. Whether exploring technical issues of multilanguage terminology, gender discrimination, or musicality and textual content of recitation, Ha always keeps larger questions about methodology and historical context, as well as the Jahriyya tradition (and its severely threatened survival), admirably in focus. -- William A. Graham, author of Beyond the Written Word: Oral Aspects of Scripture in the History of ReligionSensitive and illuminating work. * Inner Asia *Offers new perspectives on the importance of sound to religious practice, the role of gender in Chinese Islam, and the links connecting Chinese Muslims to the broader Islamic world. * Reading Religion *This volume undeniably offers a rare and fascinating insight into Sufism in China. * Religious Studies Review *A nuanced, sophisticated and provocative work that is a welcome contribution to the field of Chinese Islamic Studies. * Journal of Religious History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Archaeology of Sound2. The Sacred Circle3. Tempo of Time4. His Master’s Voice5. Labor of FaithEpilogue: Ethnography and the Future of the Jahriyya SoundNotesBibliographyIndex
£27.00
Columbia University Press Classless Politics Islamist Movements the Left
Book SynopsisClassless Politics offers a counterintuitive account of the relationship between neoliberal economics and Islamist politics in Egypt. Hesham Sallam examines why Islamist movements have gained support at the expense of the left, even amid conflicts over the costs of economic reforms.Trade ReviewSallam has written a compelling and excellent book on the ways the structural conditions surrounding economic austerity measures shaped Islamist responses and successes in Egypt. Today, Egypt, like many other countries, sees “less class and more identity” in its everyday politics. This transformation is directly tied to the weakening of leftist parties and the dominance of neoliberalism. Sallam puts forth a rich book that captures the sentiments of elites and citizens as they embraced this new reality. -- Amaney A. Jamal, author of Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All?Classless Politics is a welcome addition for understanding the past fifty years of oppositional politics in Egypt. As the Islamists joined forces in the state’s neoliberal governing project as “opposition,” the left and class analysis were practically eliminated while socioeconomic inequalities expanded. This research not only provides a coherent history but also shows how this structure nurtured deeper divisions between opposition groups in the decades prior to the Egyptian Uprising. Classless Politics is a must-read for students of Egypt’s politics. -- Joshua Stacher, author of Watermelon Democracy: Egypt's Turbulent TransitionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction. More Identity, Less Class: Paths to Classless Politics1. Inheriting Nasser’s Debts: The Rise and Fall of the Nasserist Social Pact2. Islamist Incorporation in the State of Science and Faith3. Sadat’s Brothers: Islamist Incorporation and the Autonomous Path4. Nasser’s Comrades: State Guardianship and the Dependent Path5. Islamist Incorporation, National Identity, and the Left: A Tale of Two ComradesConclusion. Reflections on the Legacies of Islamist Incorporation and the Post-Mubarak PoliticsAppendix I. The Theoretical Argument, Key Concepts, and Central AssumptionsAppendix II. Critical Junctures and Path-Dependent Institutional PatternsNotesBibliographyIndex
£105.30
Columbia University Press Classless Politics
Book SynopsisClassless Politics offers a counterintuitive account of the relationship between neoliberal economics and Islamist politics in Egypt. Hesham Sallam examines why Islamist movements have gained support at the expense of the left, even amid conflicts over the costs of economic reforms.Trade ReviewSallam has written a compelling and excellent book on the ways the structural conditions surrounding economic austerity measures shaped Islamist responses and successes in Egypt. Today, Egypt, like many other countries, sees “less class and more identity” in its everyday politics. This transformation is directly tied to the weakening of leftist parties and the dominance of neoliberalism. Sallam puts forth a rich book that captures the sentiments of elites and citizens as they embraced this new reality. -- Amaney A. Jamal, author of Of Empires and Citizens: Pro-American Democracy or No Democracy at All?Classless Politics is a welcome addition for understanding the past fifty years of oppositional politics in Egypt. As the Islamists joined forces in the state’s neoliberal governing project as “opposition,” the left and class analysis were practically eliminated while socioeconomic inequalities expanded. This research not only provides a coherent history but also shows how this structure nurtured deeper divisions between opposition groups in the decades prior to the Egyptian Uprising. Classless Politics is a must-read for students of Egypt’s politics. -- Joshua Stacher, author of Watermelon Democracy: Egypt's Turbulent TransitionTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction. More Identity, Less Class: Paths to Classless Politics1. Inheriting Nasser’s Debts: The Rise and Fall of the Nasserist Social Pact2. Islamist Incorporation in the State of Science and Faith3. Sadat’s Brothers: Islamist Incorporation and the Autonomous Path4. Nasser’s Comrades: State Guardianship and the Dependent Path5. Islamist Incorporation, National Identity, and the Left: A Tale of Two ComradesConclusion. Reflections on the Legacies of Islamist Incorporation and the Post-Mubarak PoliticsAppendix I. The Theoretical Argument, Key Concepts, and Central AssumptionsAppendix II. Critical Junctures and Path-Dependent Institutional PatternsNotesBibliographyIndex
£28.50
Columbia University Press Disenchanting the Caliphate
Book SynopsisHayrettin Yücesoy offers a groundbreaking new account of political discourse in Islamic history by examining Abbasid imperial practice, illuminating the emergence and influence of a vibrant secular tradition.Trade ReviewDisenchanting the Caliphate breaks ground for radically new conversations in world history, political theory, empire studies, and Middle Eastern and Global South Studies. At once erudite, astutely conceived, and sparkling with insight, this book is a must read for anyone seeking to de-eurocentrize public and scholarly assumptions about the world's interconnected past and present. -- Laura Doyle, author of Inter-imperiality: Vying Empires, Gendered Labor, and the Literary Arts of AllianceGibbon’s flourish about ‘Mahomet, sword in one hand, Koran in the other’ long served as metonym for the diachronic Caliphate. Yücesoy provocatively but convincingly disputes whether ‘Islamic political thought’ was inflexibly Islamic. Αlongside religious scholars he highlights Umayyad and Abbasid bureaucrat-literati, who propounded ethical and managerial principles of governance. -- Garth Fowden, author of Before and After Muḥammad: The First Millennium RefocusedA revision of revisionist scholarship, Yücesoy’s book is theoretically engaged and philologically endowed. It unravels the contentions between what he calls the “secular ethos of adab-siyasa” and “scholastic” political knowledge during the eighth century. This work is a contribution to understanding the early background within which the former was to be absorbed by the latter. -- Wael Hallaq, Columbia UniversityIn Disenchanting the Caliphate, Yücesoy pierces the wall of biased binaries erected by Western colonial scholarship. Behind the wall, we are treated to the creative, open-ended process—unfolding during the High Caliphate—that bundled relational practices of power-knowledge into a secular discipline of political civility. -- Armando Salvatore, author of The Sociology of Islam: Knowledge, Power and CivilityYucesoy has produced a valuable work which scholars of political thought in the Muslim world and on secularism will benefit greatly from. * Middle East Monitor *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Early, Umayyad, and Abbasid Caliphs, 632–861Introduction: Critical Reflections on “Islamic Political Thought”1. Caliphal Practice2. The Language of Imamate3. Political Prose Revolution4. The Disruptive Language of Siyasa5. Deconfessionalizing the Caliph6. A Theory of Imperial Law7. Territorial Consciousness8. Reimagining the People of the EmpireConclusion: Releasing Siyasa from the ImamateConventions and SpellingNotesBibliographyIndex
£93.60
Columbia University Press Disenchanting the Caliphate The Secular
Book SynopsisHayrettin Yücesoy offers a groundbreaking new account of political discourse in Islamic history by examining Abbasid imperial practice, illuminating the emergence and influence of a vibrant secular tradition.Trade ReviewDisenchanting the Caliphate breaks ground for radically new conversations in world history, political theory, empire studies, and Middle Eastern and Global South Studies. At once erudite, astutely conceived, and sparkling with insight, this book is a must read for anyone seeking to de-eurocentrize public and scholarly assumptions about the world's interconnected past and present. -- Laura Doyle, author of Inter-imperiality: Vying Empires, Gendered Labor, and the Literary Arts of AllianceGibbon’s flourish about ‘Mahomet, sword in one hand, Koran in the other’ long served as metonym for the diachronic Caliphate. Yücesoy provocatively but convincingly disputes whether ‘Islamic political thought’ was inflexibly Islamic. Αlongside religious scholars he highlights Umayyad and Abbasid bureaucrat-literati, who propounded ethical and managerial principles of governance. -- Garth Fowden, author of Before and After Muḥammad: The First Millennium RefocusedA revision of revisionist scholarship, Yücesoy’s book is theoretically engaged and philologically endowed. It unravels the contentions between what he calls the “secular ethos of adab-siyasa” and “scholastic” political knowledge during the eighth century. This work is a contribution to understanding the early background within which the former was to be absorbed by the latter. -- Wael Hallaq, Columbia UniversityIn Disenchanting the Caliphate, Yücesoy pierces the wall of biased binaries erected by Western colonial scholarship. Behind the wall, we are treated to the creative, open-ended process—unfolding during the High Caliphate—that bundled relational practices of power-knowledge into a secular discipline of political civility. -- Armando Salvatore, author of The Sociology of Islam: Knowledge, Power and CivilityYucesoy has produced a valuable work which scholars of political thought in the Muslim world and on secularism will benefit greatly from. * Middle East Monitor *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsList of Early, Umayyad, and Abbasid Caliphs, 632–861Introduction: Critical Reflections on “Islamic Political Thought”1. Caliphal Practice2. The Language of Imamate3. Political Prose Revolution4. The Disruptive Language of Siyasa5. Deconfessionalizing the Caliph6. A Theory of Imperial Law7. Territorial Consciousness8. Reimagining the People of the EmpireConclusion: Releasing Siyasa from the ImamateConventions and SpellingNotesBibliographyIndex
£27.00
Columbia University Press Perilous Intimacies
Book SynopsisSherAli Tareen explores how leading South Asian Muslim thinkers imagined and contested the boundaries of Hindu-Muslim friendship from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.Trade ReviewTareen's book is a learned and thought-provoking contribution to the question of whether there can be friendship between Hindu and Muslim communities in South Asia. It draws intriguingly on Derrida on the fragility of political friendship. For anyone thinking seriously about the problem of secularism and sovereign power, this book is strongly recommended. -- Talal Asad, author of Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative ReasonPerilous Intimacies is terrific. Tareen is a precise and nuanced thinker and leans into (rather than shying away from) slippery concepts that are often presented by other analysts as uninterrogated, naturalized binaries. This book will be an excellent resource for scholars thinking about tradition and reform, South Asian Islamic history, secular modernity, and political theology. -- Anna Bigelow, editor of Islam through ObjectsIntra-Muslim debate outweighs external issues and events in considering modern-day Hindu-Muslim friendship. In lapidary prose, SherAli Tareen explores how British rule redefined the parameters but not the particulars of Muslim-Hindu relations in the Asian subcontinent. His is an argument at once bold, eloquent, and compelling, essential for students of critical theory as well as global history. -- Bruce B. Lawrence, author of Islamicate Cosmopolitan SpiritThis innovative study brings much depth and insight to our understanding of how South Asian Muslim scholars have viewed friendship across religious boundaries. It illuminates new facets of Islamic thought in colonial India and authoritatively introduces styles of argumentation long characteristic of Muslim scholarly culture. Tareen’s book is important, timely, and accessible, and it deserves to be read widely. -- Muhammad Qasim Zaman, author of Islam in Pakistan: A HistoryTable of ContentsForeword, by Faisal DevjiAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction: The Promise and Peril of Hindu-Muslim Friendship1. Translating the “Other”: Early Modern Muslim Understandings of Hinduism2. Deciding the “True” God: Miracle Wars and Interreligious Polemics3. Friendship and Sovereign Fantasies4. The Cow and the Caliphate5. The Contagion of Imitation: A Select Genealogy6. The Aligarh-Deoband Divide: Competing Rationalities of Reform in Muslim South AsiaEpilogueAppendix: Suggestions and Discussion Questions for Teaching This BookGlossaryNotesSelect BibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press Perilous Intimacies
Book SynopsisSherAli Tareen explores how leading South Asian Muslim thinkers imagined and contested the boundaries of Hindu-Muslim friendship from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.Trade ReviewTareen's book is a learned and thought-provoking contribution to the question of whether there can be friendship between Hindu and Muslim communities in South Asia. It draws intriguingly on Derrida on the fragility of political friendship. For anyone thinking seriously about the problem of secularism and sovereign power, this book is strongly recommended. -- Talal Asad, author of Secular Translations: Nation-State, Modern Self, and Calculative ReasonPerilous Intimacies is terrific. Tareen is a precise and nuanced thinker and leans into (rather than shying away from) slippery concepts that are often presented by other analysts as uninterrogated, naturalized binaries. This book will be an excellent resource for scholars thinking about tradition and reform, South Asian Islamic history, secular modernity, and political theology. -- Anna Bigelow, editor of Islam through ObjectsIntra-Muslim debate outweighs external issues and events in considering modern-day Hindu-Muslim friendship. In lapidary prose, SherAli Tareen explores how British rule redefined the parameters but not the particulars of Muslim-Hindu relations in the Asian subcontinent. His is an argument at once bold, eloquent, and compelling, essential for students of critical theory as well as global history. -- Bruce B. Lawrence, author of Islamicate Cosmopolitan SpiritThis innovative study brings much depth and insight to our understanding of how South Asian Muslim scholars have viewed friendship across religious boundaries. It illuminates new facets of Islamic thought in colonial India and authoritatively introduces styles of argumentation long characteristic of Muslim scholarly culture. Tareen’s book is important, timely, and accessible, and it deserves to be read widely. -- Muhammad Qasim Zaman, author of Islam in Pakistan: A HistoryTable of ContentsForeword, by Faisal DevjiAcknowledgmentsNote on TransliterationIntroduction: The Promise and Peril of Hindu-Muslim Friendship1. Translating the “Other”: Early Modern Muslim Understandings of Hinduism2. Deciding the “True” God: Miracle Wars and Interreligious Polemics3. Friendship and Sovereign Fantasies4. The Cow and the Caliphate5. The Contagion of Imitation: A Select Genealogy6. The Aligarh-Deoband Divide: Competing Rationalities of Reform in Muslim South AsiaEpilogueAppendix: Suggestions and Discussion Questions for Teaching This BookGlossaryNotesSelect BibliographyIndex
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Columbia University Press Across the Worlds of Islam
Book SynopsisThis book offers an inclusive view of the diversity and complexity of the many worlds of Islam. By paying attention to Muslims who are socially, culturally, doctrinally, or politically marginalized, it provides a comprehensive and all-embracing vision of the religion and its many interrelated communities.Trade ReviewThis book ambitiously engages Islam as a global civilizational presence. It offers a fresh rethinking of how we imagine Muslims and Islam, putting Muslim communities and discourses usually treated as ‘marginal’ back in the center. Strongly recommended for both students of Islamic studies and religious studies more widely. -- Omid Safi, author of Radical Love: Teachings from the Islamic Mystical TraditionAcross the Worlds of Islam points to an Islam that is full of both elasticity and contestation by foregrounding Muslims who are often seen as marginal or peripheral. It challenges how scholars have approached the field of Islamic studies and emphasizes the need for a more nuanced and ethnographic approach to the study of Islam in general and minority groups in particular. -- Liyakat Takim, author of Shi’ism Revisited: Ijtihad and Reformation in Contemporary TimesIslam is more than Sunnism, Middle Eastern regions and language, and ‘orthodox’ norms. This book’s wide range of entries from scholars whose expertise spans the globe is a crucial addition to libraries, college classrooms, and public understanding—precisely because it shows just how much more Islam is than mainstream understandings allow. -- Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst, author of Indian Muslim Minorities and the 1857 Rebellion: Religion, Rebels, and JihadTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Edward E. Curtis IV1. Islam and Its Others: Ambivalent Orientations Toward the Margins of Islam, by Farah Bakaari2. Rethinking the Center: Margins and Multiplicity in Hadith Texts, by Michael Muhammad Knight3. Islamic Tattooing: Embodying Healing, Materializing Relationships, and Mediating Tradition, by Max Johnson Dugan4. Lover’s Words Are Eternal: Alevi Ashik Poetry Beyond the Margins, by Tess M. Waggoner5. On the Margins of Islamic Doctrine, at the Heart of Islamic Ethics: Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam and Black Liberation, by Edward E. Curtis IV6. Love and Care at the Margins of Future Generations, by Holly Donahue Singh7. Writing Mongol History on the Margins: Sufi and Kinship Connectivity in the Tarikh-i Rashidi, by Henry D. Brill8. Journey to the Teaching of Islam, by Kathryn D. BlanchardConclusion: Let the Margins Be the Center, by Vernon James SchubelList of ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIndex
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