Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts
Perspectives from the Past
Sikeena Karmali Ahmed editor Derryl N MacLean editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:23rd Sep '13
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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. Key Features: Contributors include Felicitas Becker, Thomas Kuehn, Ariel Salzmann, Iftikhar Dadi and Muhammed Khalid MasudChoses models from 4 areas: the Swahili coast, the Ottoman Empire/Turkey, Iran and Indo-Pakistan, showing the differences and similarities between areasEach region is covered in 2 chapters, providing a basis for comparison
MacLean and Ahmed are to be commended for bringing together such a wide range of scholarship under the same theoretical umbrella. -- Ian Campbell, Georgia State University * Middle East Media and Book Reviews *
Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts exceeds all previous efforts to address the intersection of Islam and cosmopolitan norms, values and options. Against the backdrop of Islamicate civilization and contemporary global challenges, its contributors accent cosmopolitanism as both a political ideal and a social practice in several contexts. At last one can, and does, grasp the critical cosmopolitan element of the Muslim world throughout the Afro-Eurasian ecumene. -- Professor Bruce B. Lawrence, Author of The Qur'an - A Biography
Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts exceeds all previous efforts to address the intersection of Islam and cosmopolitan norms, values and options. Against the backdrop of Islamicate civilization and contemporary global challenges, its contributors accent cosmopolitanism as both a political ideal and a social practice in several contexts. At last one can, and does, grasp the critical cosmopolitan element of the Muslim world throughout the Afro-Eurasian ecumene. -- Professor Bruce B. Lawrence, Author of The Qur'an- A Biography
ISBN: 9780748689859
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 320g
208 pages