{"product_id":"islamicate-cosmopolitan-spirit-isbn-9781405155144","title":"Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the essence of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit and what it has contributed to societies across the ages \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIslamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit,\u003c\/i\u003e author and expert, Bruce B. Lawrence, delivers a spiritual elan filtered through cultural practices and artefacts. Neither juridical nor creedal, the book expresses a desire for the just and the beautiful. The author sets out an original and fascinating theory, that Islamicate cosmopolitanism marks a new turn in global history. An unceasing, self-critical pursuit of truth, hitched to both beauty and justice, its history is marked by male elites who were scientific exemplars in the pre-modern period. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the modern period, these exemplars include women as well as men, artists as well as scientists. The Islamicate Cosmopolitans have had special impact across the Afro-Eurasian ecumene at the heart of civilized exchange between multiple groups with competing yet convergent interests. The\u003ci\u003e Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit \u003c\/i\u003eis a boundary busting challenge to those who think of the world merely in terms of an “Arab” Middle East.  \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders will also benefit from: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit across time and space \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn exploration of premodern Afro-Eurasia and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA practical discussion of the future of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for all students of Islamicate civilization, both traditional and progressive, \u003ci\u003eIslamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e will also earn a place in the libraries of general readers of world history and those grounded in the larger history of Islamicate Asia will find a perspective that centers their own contribution to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreamble xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview: A Manifesto in Three Words and Six Chapters xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Tracing Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit Across Time and Space 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Eastward Into India 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Westward Into Spain 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Premodern Afro-Eurasia 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Persianate Culture Across the Indian Ocean 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit Beyond 2020 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRUCE B. LAWRENCE\u003c\/b\u003e is Marcus Family Humanities Distinguished Professor of Religion Emeritus at Duke University and Adjunct Professor of the Alliance of Civilizations Institute, Ibn Haldun University in Istanbul. His research focuses on contemporary Islam as religious ideology, south Asian Sufism, and Islamicate cosmopolitanism.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“An excellent work on Islamic history, its greatest strengths are: the level of theoretical discussion, the call to a reflection on terminology, the emphasis on post-15th century Islamic history and on geographical regions outside the Arab world.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Roberto Totolli,\u003c\/b\u003e Universita degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Learned, inventive and highly perceptive… With an astounding energy, the six chapters, plus an overview and a conclusion, stretch boundaries of Muslim subjectivities and possibilities across time and space.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Babak Rahimi,\u003c\/b\u003e UC San Diego\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIslamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo be Islamic in the 21st 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIslamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent work on Islamic history, its greatest strengths are: the level of theoretical discussion, the call to a reflection on terminology, the emphasis on post-15th century Islamic history and on geographical regions outside the Arab world.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eRoberto Totolli\u003c\/b\u003e, Universita degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Learned, inventive and highly perceptive.... With an astounding energy, the six chapters, plus an overview and a conclusion, stretch boundaries of Muslim subjectivities and possibilities across time and space.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eBabak Rahimi\u003c\/b\u003e, UC San Diego\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989482160357,"sku":"NP9781405155144","price":31.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405155144.jpg?v=1761784278","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/islamicate-cosmopolitan-spirit-isbn-9781405155144","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}