{"product_id":"9781405155144","title":"Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley-Blackwell Manifestos\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eIslamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBruce B. Lawrence\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eReligion \/ Islam \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\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 \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18 October 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781405155144\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e192\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379116896396,"sku":"9781405155144","price":41.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781405155144_059712c6-6918-4ecd-8c13-f590dfa229d1.jpg?v=1780203283","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781405155144","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}