Islam in History Books

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A panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of <IT>W. E. B. Du Bois <RO>traces five centuries of engagement between the Muslim imperium and an emerging Europe to describe key Islamic cultural contributions and the interplay of cooperation between disparate religions. 50,000 first printing.

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From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed "Islam" as a monolithic entity, synonymous with terrorism and religious hysteria. In this classic work, now updated, the author of Culture and Imperialism reveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world.

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The emergence and evolution of Egyptian feminism is an integral, but previously untold, part of the history of modern Egypt. Drawing upon a wide range of women's sources-- memoirs, letters, essays, journalistic articles, fiction, treatises, and extensive oral histories--Margot Badran shows how Egyptian women assumed agency and in so doing subverted and refigured the conventional patriarchal order. Unsettling a common claim that "feminism is Western" and dismantling the alleged opposition between feminism and Islam, the book demonstrates how the Egyptian feminist movement in the first half of this century both advanced the nationalist cause and worked within the parameters of Islam. The emergence and evolution of Egyptian feminism is an integral, but previously untold, part of the history of modern Egypt. Drawing upon a wide range of women's sources-- memoirs, letters, essays, journalistic articles, fiction, treatises, and extensive oral histories--Margot Badran shows how Egyptian women assumed agency and in so doing subverted and refigured the conventional patriarchal order. Unsettling a common claim that "feminism is Western" and dismantling the alleged opposition between feminism and Islam, the book demonstrates how the Egyptian feminist movement in the first half of this century both advanced the nationalist cause and worked within the parameters of Islam.

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In this magisterial study, complemented by detailed charts and maps, Hodgson traces and interprets the historical development of Islamic civilization from before the birth of Muhammad to the middle of the twelfth century.

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<P>"...provides the best account now available in English." -- Journal of the American Oriental Society<br><br>Gerald Hawtings book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new Introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field.</P>

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Examines the Judaeo-Islamic tradition, traces the history of Islam, and describes the reasons for the breakdown in relations between the Jews and the Islamic world.

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Exposing the link between the fascism of the past and twenty-first-century radical Islam, a detailed portrait of Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the spiritual and political leader of the Palestinian Arabs from the 1920s, describes his alliance with Hitler, his advocacy of the Final Solution, and his fomenting of Nazi-style anti-Semitic propaganda throughout the Islamic world. 30,000 first printing.

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From the best-selling author of <IT>Black Hawk Down<RO> comes a definitive account of the Iran hostage crisis during which fifty-two Americans were held hostage in the Tehran embassy for 444 days, offering insights into the event from the perspective of the hostages, soldiers sent to free them, the radical captors, and diplomats trying to end the crisis. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.

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A thoughtful and provocative journalist takes an unflinching look at Europe, caught in a demographic revolution it never expected, and at the increasingly assertive Muslim population shaping the continent's future.

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Modern interpreters have variously cast the Middle Ages as a benighted past from which the West had to evolve and, more recently, as the model for a potential future of intercultural dialogue and tolerance. THE LEGEND OF THE MIDDLE AGES cuts through such oversimplifications to reconstruct a complicated and philosophically rich period that remains deeply relevant to the contemporary world. Featuring a penetrating interview and sixteen essays-only three of which have previously appeared in English--this volume explores key intersections of medieval religion and philosophy. With characteristic erudition and insight, Rémi Brague focuses less on individual Christian, Jewish, and Muslim thinkers than on their relationships with one another. Their disparate philosophical worlds, Brague shows, were grounded in different models of revelation that engendered divergent interpretations of the ancient Greek sources they held in common. So, despite striking similarities in their solutions for the philosophical problems they all faced, intellectuals in each theological tradition often viewed the others' ideas with skepticism, if not disdain. Such divisions, Brague contends, debunk notions that the medieval Mediterranean world was a European or Islamic cultural center in which different groups of people harmoniously mingled. His clear-eyed and revelatory portrayal of this misunderstood age brings to life not only its philosophical and theological nuances, but also its true lessons for our own time.

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An analysis of the long chain of oceanic trade, from the South China Sea to the eastern Mediterranean, which dominated seaborne commerce for many centuries up to the Industrial Revolution, reveals the unique features of Asian commercial capitalism as well as the contributions of Asian merchants worldwide.

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A comprehensive account of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 examines the end of the Byzantine Empire and of the medieval era in light of the rise of two separate worlds--the West and the Middle East--as well as the implications of the siege for the relationship between the West and Islam. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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The historical evolution of Islam is explained in this detailed reference, which chronicles the history of the religion from the birth of Mohammed to the independence of former Soviet Muslim States, covering a wide variety of themes including philosophy, arts, and architecture.

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<P>"...provides the best account now available in English." -- Journal of the American Oriental Society<br><br>Gerald Hawtings book has long been acknowledged as the standard introductory survey of this complex period in Arab and Islamic history. Now it is once more made available, with the addition of a new Introduction by the author which examines recent significant contributions to scholarship in the field.</P>

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<p>The world's leading Islamicist offers a concise introduction to this rich and diverse tradition of 1.2 billion adherents.</p><p>In this informative and clear introduction to the world of Islam,Seyyed Hossein Nasr explores the following topics in depth:</p><ul type="disc"> <li>What Is Islam?</li> <li>The Doctrines and Beliefs of Islam</li> <li>Islamic Practices and Institutions</li> <li>The History of Islam</li> <li>Schools of Islamic Thought</li> <li>Islam in the Contemporary World</li> <li>Islam and Other Religions</li> <li>The Spiritual and Religions Significance of Islam</li></ul>

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Goes beyond current events to discuss the history of Islam, describe its basic structure and beliefs, explore the current division between Muslim moderates and extremists, challenge stereotypes, and suggest ways to progress forward. Original.

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During the Golden Age of Islam (7th through the 17th century) Muslim philosophers and poets, artists and scientists, princes and laborers created a unique culture that has influenced societies on every continent. Here documentary writer Howard Turner offers a fully illustrated, highly accessible introduction to the scientific achievements of medieval Islam. 98 photos. 8 line drawings.

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