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“anders hammarlund”

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  • Sufism, Music and Society in Turkey and the Middle East

    by Anders Hammarlund, Tord Olsson, Elisabeth Ozdalga ...
    After decades of prohibition, Mevlana ceremonies of whirling dervishes attract renewed interest as forms of sacral music, both in formal and popular genres. This trend runs parallel to an increasing concern for cultural, ethnic and religious identities, where the rising tide of religious revivalism sets the tone. ... Read more

    $87.99 USD

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  • Lost Enlightenment

    Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane

    by S. Frederick Starr ...
    The forgotten story of Central Asia's enlightenment—its rise, fall, and enduring legacyIn this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enlightenment through the eventful lives and astonishing accomplishments of its greatest minds—remarkable figures who built a bridge to the modern world. Because nearly ... Read more

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  • The Classical Age of Islam

    by Marshall G.S. Hodgson ...
    Series Book 1 - The Venture of Islam: Conscience and History in a World Civilization
    First in the comprehensive, three-volume history of Islamic culture and religion from the award-winning scholar and world historian."This is a nonpareil work, not only because of its command of its subject but also because it demonstrates how, ideally, history should be written." — The New YorkerThe Venture of Islam has been honored as a magisterial work of the mind since its publication in early ... Read more

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  • Lost Wisdom

    Rethinking Modernity in Iran

    by Abbas Milani ...
    In the essays collected here, Abbas Milani uses an impressive array of cross-disciplinary Western and Iranian theories and texts to investigate the crucial question of modernity in Iran today. He offers a wealth of new insights into the thousand-year-old conflict in Iran between the search for modernity and the forces of religious obscurantism. The essays trace the roots of Shiite Islamic ... Read more

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  • Between Two Worlds

    The Construction of the Ottoman State

    by Cemal Kafadar ...
    Cemal Kafadar offers a much more subtle and complex interpretation of the early Ottoman period than that provided by other historians. His careful analysis of medieval as well as modern historiography from the perspective of a cultural historian demonstrates how ethnic, tribal, linguistic, religious, and political affiliations were all at play in the struggle for power in Anatolia and the Balkans ... Read more

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  • Greek Thought, Arabic Culture

    The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasaid Society (2nd-4th/5th-10th c.)

    by Dimitri Gutas ...
    From the middle of the eighth century to the tenth century, almost all non-literary and non-historical secular Greek books, including such diverse topics as astrology, alchemy, physics, botany and medicine, that were not available throughout the eastern Byzantine Empire and the Near East, were translated into Arabic.Greek Thought, Arabic Culture explores the major social, political and ideological ... Read more

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  • Ibn Khaldun

    An Intellectual Biography

    by Robert Irwin ...
    The definitive account of the life and thought of the medieval Arab genius who wrote the MuqaddimaIbn Khaldun (1332–1406) is generally regarded as the greatest intellectual ever to have appeared in the Arab world--a genius who ranks as one of the world's great minds. Yet the author of the Muqaddima, the most important study of history ever produced in the Islamic world, is not as well known as he ... Read more

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  • "The Voice of Egypt"

    Umm Kulthum, Arabic Song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century

    by Virginia Danielson ...
    Series Book 1997 - Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology
    Umm Kulthum, the "voice of Egypt," was the most celebrated musical performer of the century in the Arab world. More than twenty years after her death, her devoted audience, drawn from all strata of Arab society, still numbers in the millions. Thanks to her skillful and pioneering use of mass media, her songs still permeate the international airwaves. In the first English-language biography of Umm ... Read more

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  • General Introduction to Persian Literature

    History of Persian Literature A, Vol I

    Edited by J.T.P. Bruijn ...
    Series series History of Persian Literature
    Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves."A History of Persian Literature" answers this need and ... Read more

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  • Al-Ghazali's Philosophical Theology

    by Frank Griffel ...
    The Muslim thinker al-Ghazali (d. 1111) was one of the most influential theologians and philosophers of Islam and has been considered an authority in both Western and Islamic philosophical traditions. Born in northeastern Iran, he held the most prestigious academic post in Islamic theology in Baghdad, only to renounce the position and teach at small schools in the provinces for no money. His ... Read more

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  • Sadeq Hedayat

    His Work and his Wondrous World

    Edited by Homa Katouzian ...
    Series series Iranian Studies
    Featuring contributions from leading scholars of Iranian studies and / or comparative literature, this edited comprehensive and critical edited collection provides detailed scholarly analysis of Hedayat's life and work using a variety of methodological and conceptual approaches.Hedayat is the author of The Blind Owl, the most famous Persian novel both in Iran and in Europe and America. Many of his ... Read more

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