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Golden Roads
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 118.00Essays on themes (migration, pilgrimage and travel) as old as Islam itself and integral in the development of a cosmopolitan Islamic social order embracing much of Africa and Eurasia. more...
A Popular Dictionary of Islam
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 44.95Both a dictionary and a glossary of terms that attempts to cover the entire field of Islam. Also included are brief biographies of eminent Muslims and Islamic scholars throughout the ages, providing a ready reference to authorities normally cited. more...
Islam, Christianity and Tradition
Edinburgh University Press 2006; US$ 129.35This book offers a unique comparative exploration of the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity. The idea of ?tradition? has enjoyed a variety of senses and definitions in Islam and Christianity, but both have cleaved at certain times to a supposedly ?golden age? of tradition from the past. In comparing the role of tradition in Islam and Christianity,... more...
Islam, Christianity and the Mystic Journey
Edinburgh University Press 2011; US$ 75.00This distinctive comparison of Islamic and Christian mysticism focuses on the mystic journey in the two faith traditions. more...
Orientalism Revisited
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 51.95The publication of Edward Said?s Orientalism in 1978 marks the inception of orientalism as a discourse. Since then, Orientalism has remained highly polemical and has become a widely employed epistemological tool. Three decades on, this volume sets out to survey, analyse and revisit the state of the Orientalist debate, both past and present. The... more...
Text and Trauma
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 69.95An essay in literary criticism with a difference, addressing the nature of blasphemy and using selected novels by Salman Rushdie, Najib Mahfuz and Nikos Kazantzakis as case studies. more...
Allah Transcendent
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 54.95Examines the role of God in medieval Islamic philosophy and theology in a new and exciting way. Renouncing the traditional chronological method of considering Islamic philosophy, Netton uses modern literary modes of criticism derived from structuralism, post-structuralism and semiotics. more...
Seek Knowledge
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 69.95Explores various facets of the Islamic search for knowledge, with essays on aspects of Thought or Travel. more...
Al-Farabi and His School
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 56.95Examines one of the most exciting and dynamic periods in the development of medieval Islam, from the late 9th to the early 11th century, through the thought of five of its principal thinkers, prime among them al-Farabi. This great Islamic philosopher, called 'the Second Master' after Aristotle, produced a recognizable school of thought in which others... more...
The Arab Diaspora
Taylor and Francis 2006; US$ 49.95The Arab Diaspora examines the range of roles the Arab world has played to various audiences on the modern and postmodern stage and the issues which have arisen as a result. The variety of roles explored reflects the diversity of Arab culture. With particular focus placed on political, diplomatic and cultural issues, the book explores the relationship... more...
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