Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts: Perspectives from the Past - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0748644563 ISBN 13 : 9780748644568

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2012

Synopsis

This collection of 9 essays focuses on how cosmopolitan ideas and actions have been enacted by specific Muslim societies and cultures throughout history. The contributors explore the tensions between regional cultures, isolated enclaves and modern nation-states. Cosmopolitanism is a key concept in social and political thought, standing in opposition to closed human group ideologies such as tribalism, nationalism and fundamentalism. Recent discussions of it have been situated within Western self-perceptions. Now, this volume explores it from Muslim perspectives in 4 areas: the Swahili coast, the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, Iran and Indo-Pakistan. *Published in Association with the Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations*

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Derryl N. MacLean is Director of the Centre for the Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures, and Associate Professor in the Department of History at Simon Fraser University, Canada. Sikeena Karmali Ahmed is Manager of Publications at Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0748644563
• ISBN 13: 9780748644568
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Éditeur: MacLean Derryl N., Karmali Ahmed Sikeena
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible