Islamicate cosmopolitan spirit / Bruce B. Lawrence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Bruce B., author.

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell manifestos

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic civilization.

Cosmopolitanism.

Physical Description:

xxxv, 150 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2021.

Summary:

In Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit, author Bruce B. Lawrence presents an original theory contending that the Islamicate Cosmopolitan marks a new turn in global history, exemplified by women as well as men, artists as well as scientists. The author challenges traditional categories-the 'Arab' Middle East and the Islamic profiles of both majority and minority Muslim nations-in his exploration of the impact of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan throughout the Afro-Eurasian world across time and space. --

To be Islamic in the 21 century may mean more than being a believer in Allah and a follower of Muhammad. Lawrence argues for the need to suspend the religious labeling of everyone a Muslim, or mislabeling all Muslims as Islamists, to find that other sphere of origin and influence. Throughout the text, readers gain a nuanced appreciation of not only the origins of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan, but also of its pursuit of truth and its aspiration to both beauty and justice. --

Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit projects a spiritual elan filtered through cultural practices, artefacts, and the civilized exchange between multiple groups with both competing yet convergent interests and ambitions. This unique monograph is essential reading for all students of Islamicate civilization, both traditional and progressive, as well as for readers with interest in disciplinary debates among historians in the field. --Book Jacket.

Contents:

Overview : a manifesto in 3 words and 6 chapters

Islamicate cosmopolitan spirit across time and space

Eastward into India

Westward into Spain

Premodern Afro-Eurasia

Persianate culture across the Indian ocean

Islamicate cosmopolitan spirit beyond 2020

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Lawrence, Bruce B., Islamicate cosmopolitan spirit

ISBN:

9781405155144

1405155140

OCLC:

1235903951