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AFGHANISTAN: IDENTITY, SOCIETY AND POLITICS SINCE 1980
₨ 25,048
ISBN: 9781784530815
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AMERICA & ISLAMSOUNDBITES, SUICIDE BOMBS AND THE ROAD TO DONALD TRUMP
₨ 7,269Donald Trump’s first term as the 45th President of the United States of America has shocked the world. His attitudes towards Islam became a key point of contention on the campaign trail, and in power Trump has continued his war of divisive words and deeds. Here, acclaimed journalist Lawrence Pintak scrutinizes America’s relationship with Islam since its foundation. Casting Donald Trump as a symptom of decades of misunderstanding and demonization of the Islamic world, as well as a cause of future tensions, Pintak shows how and why America’s relationship with the world’s largest religion has been so fractious, damaging and self-defeating.
Featuring unique interviews with victims and perpetrators of Trump’s policies, as well as analysis of the media’s role in inflaming debate, America & Islam seeks to provide a complete guide to the twin challenges of terrorism and the polarizing rhetoric that fuels it, and sketches out a future based on co-operation and the reassertion of democratic values.
ISBN: 9781784539092
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APOCALYPTIC ISLAM AND IRANIAN SHI’ISM
₨ 5,242Interest in Shi’i Islam is running at unprecedented levels. International tensions over Iran, where the largest number of Shi’i Muslims live, as well as the political resurgence of the Shi’i in Iraq and Lebanon, have created an urgent need to understand the background, beliefs and motivations of this dynamic vision of Islam. Abbas Amanat is one of the leading scholars of Shi’ism. And in this powerful book, a showcase for some of his most influential writing in the field, he addresses the colourful and diverse history of Shi’ Islam in both premodern and contemporary times.Focusing specifically on the importance of apocalypticism in the development of modern Shi’i theology, he shows how an immersion in messianic ideas has shaped the conservative character of much Shi’i thinking, and has prevented it from taking a more progressive course. Tracing the continuity of apocalyptic trends from the Middle Ages to the present, Amanat addresses such topics as the early influence on Shi’ism of Zoroastrianism; manifestations of apocalyptic ideology during the Iranian Revolution of 1979; and the rise of the Shi’i clerical establishment during the 19th and 20th centuries.His book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of both religious studies and Middle Eastern history.
ISBN: 9781845119812
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BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND STATE
₨ 7,714This book examines the most important writings of a tenth-century Islamic theologian and jurist who were one of the most original thinkers of his period. It argues that Qadi al-Numan’s works constituted new and vital genres in Ismaili Shi’i literature, a development necessitated by the Fatimid’s transition from revolutionary movement to statehood, and by their desire to establish their authority as the Shf’i alternative to the Sunni Abbasid caliphate.
Already famous in the Fatimid era, al-Nut man left a legacy which includes a formalised school of law an early record of the Fatimid achievement in his historical and biographical works, new interpretations of Islamic doctrine explored in his legal and esoteric writings and the formulation of a ceremonial language in his work on court protocol. Between Revolution and State explores all of these literary genres in depth and presents a sophisticated and readable analysis of one of the seminal figures of Islamic and Islamic history.
ISBN: 1850438823
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CHURCHILL AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
₨ 8,077Winston Churchill began his career as a junior officer and war correspondent in the North West borderlands of British India, and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic world. Overturning the widely-accepted consensus that Churchill was indifferent to, and even contemptuous of, matters concerning the Middle East, this book unravels Churchill’s nuanced understanding of the edges of the British Empire. Warren Dockter analyses the future Prime Minister’s experiences of the East, including his work as Colonial Under-Secretary in the early 1900s, his relations with the Ottomans and conduct during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915-16, his arguments with David Lloyd-George over Turkey, and his pragmatic support of Syria and Saudi Arabia during World War II. Challenging the popular depiction of Churchill as an ignorant imperialist when it came to the Middle East, Dockter suggests that his policy making was often more informed and relatively progressive when compared to the Orientalist prejudices of many of his contemporaries.
ISBN: 9781788319249
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CONFRONTING AN EMPIRE CONSTRUCT A NATION
₨ 15,272This groundbreaking book re-examines the rise of nationalism in Palestinian politics, using a wide range of sources. Matthews argues that the advocacy of nationalist identity was inextricably interlinked with resistance to British imperialism. He probes early self-perceptions of Palestinian nationalism and its changing relationship with Islamic and pan-Arab identities.
ISBN: 1845111737
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COUNTERTERRORISM AND INTERNATIONAL POWER RELATIONS
₨ 17,432
ISBN: 9781845118921
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