Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit Contributor(s): Lawrence, Bruce B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1405155140 ISBN-13: 9781405155144 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $40.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - General - History | World - General |
Dewey: 909.097 |
LCCN: 2020058488 |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 9" (0.57 lbs) 192 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Discover the essence of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit and what it has contributed to societies across the ages In Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit, author and expert, Bruce B. Lawrence, delivers a spiritual elan filtered through cultural practices and artefacts. Neither juridical nor creedal, the book expresses a desire for the just and the beautiful. The author sets out an original and fascinating theory, that Islamicate cosmopolitanism marks a new turn in global history. An unceasing, self-critical pursuit of truth, hitched to both beauty and justice, its history is marked by male elites who were scientific exemplars in the pre-modern period. In the modern period, these exemplars include women as well as men, artists as well as scientists. The Islamicate Cosmopolitans have had special impact across the Afro-Eurasian ecumene at the heart of civilized exchange between multiple groups with competing yet convergent interests. The Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit is a boundary busting challenge to those who think of the world merely in terms of an "Arab" Middle East. Readers will also benefit from:
Perfect for all students of Islamicate civilization, both traditional and progressive, Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit will also earn a place in the libraries of general readers of world history and those grounded in the larger history of Islamicate Asia will find a perspective that centers their own contribution to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit. |