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Paperback. In this enlightening and highly-praised collection of essays, extensively revised, Lewis explores the vast common heritage shared by Islam and the West, the history of the troubled relationship, and the perceptions each side holds of the other. This is a matchless guide to the backgroud of Middle East conflicts today from an eminent authority. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195090611
ISBN
9780195090611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.23

Hardcover. Offers an opportunity to further readers understanding of Jaques Derrida's views on the key political and religious divisions of our time and an often moving testament to the power of friendship and solidarity to surmount them. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 128 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226102863
ISBN
9780226102863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.50

Hardback. The essays in this volume approach the interactions of Islam, the West and modernity through overlapping social, historical, economic, cultural, and philosophical layers. Editor(s): Thompson, Michael J. Series: Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFC; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742531062
ISBN
9780742531062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Peter, Frank; Dornhof, Sarah; Arigita, Elena. Num Pages: 268 pages, 15 b/w & 20 colour illus. BIC Classification: AB; HRH; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837621761
ISBN
9783837621761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.48

Paperback. A revised and updated edition of this seminal work on the responses of Islam to the modern world. The author examines the profound struggle in the Muslim world between the Islamic tradition and Western ideologies. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903682043
ISBN
9781903682043
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.91

Paperback. This book briefly surveys the evolution of the Western concept of development, recognizing the wider dimensions of human and economic development and the role of institutions and rules, which has moved toward the vision and the path of development envisaged in Islam. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JPV; KCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137543875
ISBN
9781137543875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Paperback. This book briefly surveys the evolution of the Western concept of development, recognizing the wider dimensions of human and economic development and the role of institutions and rules, which has moved toward the vision and the path of development envisaged in Islam. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRH; JFC; JPA; KCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2010
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349288311
ISBN
9781349288311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

Paperback. Offers an understanding of Islam and Islamic societies' role and relations to global cultural and economic realities. This book offers a portrait of Islamic societies and challenges the belief that Islam is not part of, nor much affected by, the modern world-system. Series: Political Economy of the World-System Annuals. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594515194
ISBN
9781594515194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.33

Paperback. Egypt, 1925: the Muslim world is in turmoil over Mustapha Kamal Ataturk's proposal to abolish the caliphate in Turkey. Into this debate enters Ali Abdel Razek, a religious cleric trained at Al-Azhar University, arguing in favour of secularism in his essay Islam and the Foundations of Political Power. This title offers a translation of this essay. Editor(s): Filali-Ansary, Abdou. Translator(s): Loutfi, Maryam. Series: In Translation: Modern Muslim Thinkers. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPFR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748689835
ISBN
9780748689835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. A best-selling introduction to contemporary Islam. The author is concerned not simply with Islam in isolation, but with the very nature of religious faith, its spiritual and intellectual foundations and the light it casts upon the mysteries and paradoxes of the human condition. Num Pages: 262 pages, index. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
The Islamic Texts Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
262
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946621477
ISBN
9780946621477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. The events of September 11 and the subsequent war on terrorism have provoked widespread discussion about the possibility of democracy in the Islamic world. This work aims to engage the reader in a discourse on the challenges of democracy in contemporary Islam. Editor(s): Cohen, Joshua; Chasman, Deborah. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691119380
ISBN
9780691119380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: GTB; HRH; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199782383
ISBN
9780199782383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.17

Paperback. This unique textbook enables social work practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of how Islamic principles inform and influence the lives of Muslim populations. Series: BASW/Policy Press Titles. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JKSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447330103
ISBN
9781447330103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.39

Hardback. In Islam and Secularity Nilufer Gole examines the transforming relationship between Islam and Western secular modernity and the impact of the Muslim presence in Europe. She demonstrates that Islam and secularism are mutually constitutive, constantly changing, and that the presence of Islam unsettles dominant narratives of Western modernism. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5182 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359555
ISBN
9780822359555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.62
€ 111.46

Paperback. In Islam and Secularity Nilufer Gole examines the transforming relationship between Islam and Western secular modernity and the impact of the Muslim presence in Europe. She demonstrates that Islam and secularism are mutually constitutive, constantly changing, and that the presence of Islam unsettles dominant narratives of Western modernism. Series: Public Planet Books. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; HR; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 202 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822359982
ISBN
9780822359982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.92

Hardback. This book combines ethnographic work in three countries (The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and France) and three cities (Rotterdam, Leicester and Marseille) with a new theoretical frame (regimes of secularity) for understanding the construction of a collective Muslim minority identity in Europe. Series: Religion and Global Migrations. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DDF; 1DDN; HRH; JFSR2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137576088
ISBN
9781137576088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Nieuwkerk, Karin van; LeVine, Mark; Stokes, Martin. Num Pages: 404 pages, 51 b&w photos, 1 b&w illus., 2 b&w maps, 5 b&w charts/graphs. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309049
ISBN
9781477309049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Hardback. The dreadful events of 11 September have brought Islam to the forefront of world politics. This authoritative new book provides the analysis for a far--reaching introduction to Islamic politics for those coming to the subject for the first time. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745627113
ISBN
9780745627113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. The dreadful events of 11 September have brought Islam to the forefront of world politics. This authoritative new book provides the analysis for a far--reaching introduction to Islamic politics for those coming to the subject for the first time. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRH; JFSR2; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745627120
ISBN
9780745627120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.08

Paperback. How do we engage with the pressing challenges of xenophobia, radicalism and security in the age of the 'war on terror'? This book presents the debate on the uneasy and potentially mutually destructive relationship between the Muslim world and the West. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JFSR2; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 181 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848851979
ISBN
9781848851979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.63

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