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The Popular religion and folk-lore of Northern India (Volume II) (Hardcover): William Crooke The Popular religion and folk-lore of Northern India (Volume II) (Hardcover)
William Crooke
R921 R840 Discovery Miles 8 400 Save R81 (9%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
India - What Can It Teach Us? A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge (Hardcover): F Max (Friedrich... India - What Can It Teach Us? A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the University of Cambridge (Hardcover)
F Max (Friedrich Max) 1823-1 Mu Ller
R984 Discovery Miles 9 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The European Union and the Middle East (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition): Soren von Dosenrode, Anders Stubkjaer The European Union and the Middle East (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)
Soren von Dosenrode, Anders Stubkjaer
R6,231 Discovery Miles 62 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Covering the period from the early 1950s to the end of the 20th century, this book presents a concise yet thorough historical analysis of the relationship between the European Union (and its predecessors) and the Middle East. The authors provide a survey of the evolution of the foreign policy mechanisms of the EU and an outline of the relevant aspects of modern Middle East history. They examine the relationship between the two regions from 1950 to the end of the Cold War, with special emphasis on the period following the 1973/4 oil crisis. They go on to look at the post-Cold War era discussing the conflict with Iraq and examining the EU's continuing involvement in the Middle East peace process.

Power and Politics in Tenth-Century China - The Former Shu Regime (Hardcover, New): Hongjie Wang Power and Politics in Tenth-Century China - The Former Shu Regime (Hardcover, New)
Hongjie Wang
R2,734 Discovery Miles 27 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Political turbulence was common during the times of dynastic transition in imperial China. Multiple regional regimes frequently rose on the lands of the former unified empire, vying for political and military supremacy until a dominant power emerged and achieved reunification. The period of political fragmentation during the tenth century, known as the Five Dynasties and Ten States (907-979) was typical of such times. Lasting more than a half century, the period is thought to have been one of unique political intrigue, during which founding rulers of humble origins engaged in schemes and strategies that increasingly inspire popular interest today. This book is an exploration of the complicated national politics and intricate interstate relations of the early tenth century with a focus on the Former Shu (891-925), one of the "Ten States" that significantly contributed to the formation of the unique political configuration of the day.From the viewpoint of traditional historiography, the five northern dynasties constituted the "central" powers of the tenth century that dominated national politics and ultimately led China to the Northern Song reunification. In contrast, southern regimes were usually treated as subordinate or secondary powers, all considered neither legitimate nor capable of ever challenging the north, politically or militarily. This binary grouping and its discriminatory interpretation fundamentally shaped later historians' perception of the national politics of Five Dynasties China. Even today, compared to the studies on the political history of the five northern dynasties, the neglect of the southern regimes is obvious in modern scholarship, especially in Western language publications. By focusing on the political history of the Former Shu regime in the south, this book seeks to provide a new understanding of the geopolitics of Five Dynasties China.This book sheds much light on the complicated national politics and intricate interstate relations of the divided tenth-century China. It examines how Wang Jian, a military governor of Tang, rose to power from obscurity in the chaotic late ninth century and founded an empire in what is today's Sichuan province in the early tenth century. Depending on a powerful military, the strategic location, and astute diplomatic tactics in dealing with surrounding powers, the Former Shu under Wang Jian's rule successfully challenged the hegemonies of the most powerful regimes of the day from its base in the south. It was recognized as a political equal and treated as such by the contemporary northern powers, with whom the Former Shu shared the Mandate of Heaven both in rhetoric and in reality. This book is an important study for scholars and students of medieval China and regional studies. It will also appeal to the general reader interested in political and military history.

Gallipoli - The War Nobody Won: Special Souvenir Edition: Special Souvenir Edition (Hardcover): Kenn Lord Gallipoli - The War Nobody Won: Special Souvenir Edition: Special Souvenir Edition (Hardcover)
Kenn Lord
R1,000 R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Save R147 (15%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Islamic World in Ascendancy - From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna (Hardcover, New): Martin Sicker The Islamic World in Ascendancy - From the Arab Conquests to the Siege of Vienna (Hardcover, New)
Martin Sicker
R2,804 R2,538 Discovery Miles 25 380 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the view of Dr. Martin Sicker, it was with the emergence of Islam that the combination of geopolitics and religion reached its most volatile form and provided the ideological context for war and peace in the Middle East for more than a millennium. The conflation of geopolitics and religion in Islam is predicated on the concept of "jihad" (struggle), which may be understood as a "crescentade," in the same sense as the later Christian "crusade," which seeks to achieve a religious goal, the conversion of the world to Islam, by militant means. This equates to a concept of perpetual war with the non-Muslim world, a concept that underlays Muslim geopolitical thinking throughout the thousand-year period covered in this book. However, as Sicker amply demonstrates, the concept often bore little relation to the political realities of the region that as often as not saw Muslims and non-Muslims aligned against and at war with other Muslims.

The story of the emergence and phenomenal ascendancy of the Islamic world from a relatively small tribe in sparsely populated Arabia is one that taxes the imagination, but it becomes more comprehensible when viewed through a geopolitical prism. Religion was repeatedly and often shamelessly harnessed to geopolitical purpose by both Muslims and Christians, albeit with arguably greater Muslim success. Islamic ascendancy began as an Arab project, initially focused on the Arabian peninsula, but was soon transformed into an imperialist movement with expansive ambitions. As it grew, it quickly registered highly impressive gains, but soon lost much of its Arab content. It ended a millennium later as a Turkish--more specifically, an Ottoman--project with many intermediate transformations. The reverberations of the thousand-year history of that ascendancy are still felt today in many parts of the greater Middle East. A comprehensive geopolitical survey for scholars, students, researchers, and all others interested in the history of the Middle East and Islam.

Pre-Modern Middle East History (Paperback): Stephen Cory Pre-Modern Middle East History (Paperback)
Stephen Cory
R4,766 R4,048 Discovery Miles 40 480 Save R718 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Pre-Modern Middle East History provides students with the opportunity to connect directly with pre-modern Middle East history via a selection of carefully curated primary sources. Through these documents, students are privy to the circumstances, challenges, values, thoughts, and worldviews of individuals who lived during this time period. They are encouraged to think critically and read carefully to better understand the underlying reasons for key historical events and ideas of pre-modern Middle East history. The anthology progresses chronologically and presents texts from a variety of historical periods, geographical locations, and types of literature. Each selection is supported by a brief introduction to provide context for the source material. The anthology includes modern translations and excerpts of works including The Origins of the Islamic State, The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain, Judaism: History, Belief and Practice, The Confessions of al-Ghazzali, The Adventures of ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the Fourteenth Century, and more. Pre-Modern Middle East History is a unique anthology that breathes life and understanding into a vibrant and influential historical period. It is an ideal resource for courses in Middle East history or world history.

Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre- and Early Islamic Periods Including the Names of Murdered Poets - Introduced, Edited,... Prominent Murder Victims of the Pre- and Early Islamic Periods Including the Names of Murdered Poets - Introduced, Edited, Translated from the Arabic, and Annotated (Hardcover)
Muhammad ibn Habib (d. AH 245/AD 860); Edited by Geert Jan Gelder
R4,190 Discovery Miles 41 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Muhammad ibn Habib (d. 860), a specialist in Arab history, tribal genealogy, and poetry, who lived in Baghdad, collected in his Prominent Murder Victims many stories of murderers and murder victims from the legendary pre-Islamic past, such as how Bilqis, the Arabic name for the Queen of Sheba, came to power, to the assassinations ordered by viziers or caliphs in the early Islamic centuries. A lengthy appendix deals with poets from pre- and early Islamic times who were killed. The stories are entertaining as well as informative. Strikingly, the author refrains from explicit moralising. The present book offers a richly annotated English translation together with an improved Arabic text and indexes of persons, places, and rhymes.

Voices of Freedom - The Middle East and North Africa (Hardcover): Mark Dennis, Rima Abunasser Voices of Freedom - The Middle East and North Africa (Hardcover)
Mark Dennis, Rima Abunasser
R2,584 Discovery Miles 25 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Voices of Freedom: The Middle East and North Africa showcases essays from activists, journalists, novelists, and scholars whose areas of expertise include free speech, peace and reconciliation, alterity-otherness, and Middle Eastern and North African religions and literatures. Co-edited by TCU colleagues Rima Abunasser and Mark Dennis, the volume is meant to serve as a vehicle for giving dignity and depth to the peoples of these regions by celebrating courageous voices of freedom trying to respond to fundamental, often devastating, changes on the ground, including the Arab Spring, the Syrian refugee crisis, and the rise of the Islamic State. Writing in both the first- and third-person, essayists offer deeply moving portraits of voices that cry out for freedom in chaotic, and often violent, circumstances. Voices of Freedom is aimed at college classes that address the many ways in which freedom intersects with politics, religion, and other elements in the societies of these dynamic and diverse regions. It will serve as a valuable primary source for college teachers interested in exploring with their students the struggle for freedom in non-Western and transnational cultural contexts. The volume is also meant to attract other audiences, including readers from the general public interested in learning about inspirational people from parts of the world about which Americans and other English-speaking peoples are generally unfamiliar.

Saladin - Empire and Holy War (Hardcover): Peter Gubser Saladin - Empire and Holy War (Hardcover)
Peter Gubser
R4,092 Discovery Miles 40 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Saladin, the great twelfth century Middle East leader, not only created an empire, but also reduced the Crusader presence in the Holy Land. In a comprehensive manner and clear prose, Peter Gubser describes how Saladin rose to power, conquered lands, governed peoples, and raised armies. In addition, he clearly addresses Saladin's imperial motives, a combination of ambition and the devotion to the ideal of the unity of Islam.

Orientalism in Early Modern France - Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Regime (Hardcover): Ina Baghdiantz-Maccabe Orientalism in Early Modern France - Eurasian Trade, Exoticism, and the Ancien Regime (Hardcover)
Ina Baghdiantz-Maccabe
R4,650 Discovery Miles 46 500 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Francis I's ties with the Ottoman Empire marked the birth of court-sponsored Orientalism in France. Under Louis XIV, French society was transformed by cross-cultural contacts with the Ottomans, India, Persia, China, Siam and the Americas. The consumption of silk, cotton cloth, spices, coffee, tea, china, gems, flowers and other luxury goods transformed daily life and gave rise to a new discourse about the 'Orient' which in turn shaped ideas about economy and politics, specifically absolutism and the monarchy.  An original account of the ancient regime, this book highlights France's use of the exotic and analyzes French discourse about Islam and the 'Orient'.

The CIA's Secret War in Tibet (Paperback): Kenneth Conboy, James Morrison The CIA's Secret War in Tibet (Paperback)
Kenneth Conboy, James Morrison
R887 Discovery Miles 8 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Defiance against Chinese oppression has been a defining characteristic of Tibetan life for more than four decades, symbolized most visibly by the much revered Dalai Lama. But the story of Tibetan resistance weaves a far richer tapestry than anyone might have imagined.
Kenneth Conboy and James Morrison reveal how America's Central Intelligence Agency encouraged Tibet's revolt against China-and eventually came to control its fledgling resistance movement. While the CIA's presence in Tibet has been alluded to in other works, the authors provide the first comprehensive, as well as most compelling account of this little known agency enterprise.

The CIA's Secret War in Tibet takes readers from training camps in the Colorado Rockies to the scene of clandestine operations in the Himalayas, chronicling the agency's help in securing the Dalai Lama's safe passage to India and subsequent initiation of one of the most remote covert campaigns of the Cold War. Establishing a rebel army in the northern Nepali kingdom of Mustang and a para-commando force in India designed to operate behind Chinese lines, Conboy and Morrison provide previously unreported details about secret missions undertaken in extraordinarily harsh conditions. Their book greatly expands on previous memoirs by CIA officials by putting virtually every major agency participant on record with details of clandestine operations. It also calls as witnesses the people who managed and fought in the program-including Tibetan and Nepalese agents, Indian intelligence officers, and even mission aircrews.

Conboy and Morrison take pains to tell the story from all perspectives, particularly that of the former Tibetan guerrillas, many of whom have gone on record here for the first time. The authors also tell how Tibet led America and India to become secret partners over the course of several presidential administrations and cite dozens of Indian and Tibetan intelligence documents directly related to these covert operations. Ultimately, they are persuasive that the Himalayan operations were far more successful as a proving ground for CIA agents who were later reassigned to southeast Asia than as a staging ground for armed rebellion.

As the movement for Tibetan liberation continues to attract international support, Tibet's status remains a contentious issue in both Washington and Beijing. This book takes readers inside a covert war fought with Tibetan blood and U. S. sponsorship and allows us to better understand the true nature of that controversy.

Visual Histories of South Asia (with a foreword by Christopher Pinney) (Hardcover): Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes, Marcus Banks Visual Histories of South Asia (with a foreword by Christopher Pinney) (Hardcover)
Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes, Marcus Banks
R1,678 Discovery Miles 16 780 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Nature of Revolution - Art and Politics under the Khmer Rouge (Hardcover): James A Tyner The Nature of Revolution - Art and Politics under the Khmer Rouge (Hardcover)
James A Tyner
R1,655 Discovery Miles 16 550 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

The Nature of Revolution provides the first account of art and politics under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. James A. Tyner repositions Khmer Rouge artworks within their proper political and economic context: the materialization of a political organization in an era of anticolonial and decolonization movements. Consequently, both the organization's policies and practices?including the production of poetry, music, and photography?were incontrovertibly shaped by and created to further the Khmer Rouge's agenda.Theoretically informed and empirically grounded, Tyner's work examines the social dimensions of the Khmer Rouge, while contributing broadly to a growing literature on the intersection of art and politics. Building on the foundational works of theorists such as Jacques Ranciere, Theodor Adorno, and Walter Benjamin, Tyner explores the insights of Leon Trotsky and his descriptions of the politics of aesthetics specific to socialist revolutions. Ultimately, Tyner reveals a fundamental tension between individuality and bureaucratic control and its impact on artistic creativity and freedom.

The Islamic World in Decline - From the Treaty of Karlowitz to the Disintegration of the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover, New):... The Islamic World in Decline - From the Treaty of Karlowitz to the Disintegration of the Ottoman Empire (Hardcover, New)
Martin Sicker
R2,803 R2,536 Discovery Miles 25 360 Save R267 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The long era of Muslim political ascendancy that began in a small region of western Arabia reached its pinnacle some nine hundred years later with the siege of Vienna by Suleiman the Magnificent in 1529. Suleiman then concluded that, given the increasingly volatile geopolitical environment, Muslim expansionism in Eurasia had run its course. The subsequent decline of Ottoman power also meant, in effect, the decline of political Islam, which had been intimately bound to it for centuries.

As Sicker shows, the problems faced by the Ottoman Empire were also faced by the Persian Empire and both underwent an extended period of political decline and territorial retrenchment in the face of imperialist pressures from Europe and Asia. The greatest challenge to the world of political Islam came from Western Europe, especially France and Great Britain. The Ottoman and Persian empires assumed a global importance in the 19th century, not because of anything in them of intrinsic economic value, but because of their geopolitical and geostrategic significance. They became, in effect, a buffer zone separating Europe from the wealth of the East, at a time when European imperialism was on the march in Asia. It thus came about that the rivalries of the Great Powers, most especially those of Great Britain, France, and Russia, were played out in the Middle East. This book will serve as a vital resource for students, scholars, and other researchers involved with Middle East History, Political Islam, and Modern European History.

Questions of Style - Literary Societies and Literary Journals in Modern China, 1911-1937 (Paperback): Michel Hockx Questions of Style - Literary Societies and Literary Journals in Modern China, 1911-1937 (Paperback)
Michel Hockx
R1,375 Discovery Miles 13 750 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

Dealing with the central issue of style in literature, this groundbreaking study is a must for sinologists, but also for all students of comparative literature. Michel Hockx takes as a point of departure the observation that most writers of the Republican period adhered to a distinctly traditional practice of gathering in literary societies, while at the same time displaying a marked preference for publishing their works through the modern medium of the literary journal. The first part of the book analyses different types of societies and their journals. The case studies in part two convey the wider impact of literary collectives and journal publications on literary practice. Convincingly breaking with the 'May Fourth' paradigm, the author proposes a radically new way of understanding the relationship between New Literature and other styles of modern Chinese writing.

Stories of Globalisation: The Red Sea and the Persian Gulf from Late Prehistory to Early Modernity - Selected Papers of Red Sea... Stories of Globalisation: The Red Sea and the Persian Gulf from Late Prehistory to Early Modernity - Selected Papers of Red Sea Project VII (Hardcover, Approx 540 Pp., Incl. 225 FC I ed.)
Andrea Manzo, Chiara Zazzaro, Diana Joyce Falco
R5,190 Discovery Miles 51 900 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Red Sea VII conference (Napels, 2015) entitled The Red Sea and the Gulf: Two Maritime Alternative Routes in the Development of Global Economy, from Late Prehistory to Modern Times. The Red Sea and the Gulf are geographically and environmentally similar and complementary, but also competitors in their economic and cultural interactions with the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean. The chapters of the volume are grouped in three sections, corresponding to the various historical periods. Each chapter of the book offers the reader the opportunity to travel across the regions of the Red Sea and the Gulf, from the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean, and from prehistorical times to the contemporary era. With contributions by: Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman, Serena Autiero, Mahmoud S. Bashir, Kathryn A. Bard, Alemseged Beldados, Ioana A. Dumitru, Serena Esposito, Rodolfo Fattovich, Luigi Gallo, Michal Gawlikowski, Bruno Genito, Caterina Giostra, Sunil Gupta, Michael Harrower, Martin Hense, Linda Huli, Sarah Japp, Serena Massa, Ralph K. Pedersen, Jacke S. Phillips, Patrice Pomey, Joanna K. Radkowska, Adriano Rossi, Mike Schnelle, Lucy Semaan, Steven E. Sidebotham, Shadia Taha, Husna Taha Elatta, Joanna Then-Obluska and Iwona Zych

The History and Conquest of the Philippines and Our Other Island Possessions (Hardcover): Alden 1869-1942 March The History and Conquest of the Philippines and Our Other Island Possessions (Hardcover)
Alden 1869-1942 March
R1,043 Discovery Miles 10 430 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.; new ser - v.16 (1920) (Hardcover): Calcutta India Asiatick Society Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.; new ser - v.16 (1920) (Hardcover)
Calcutta India Asiatick Society
R1,018 Discovery Miles 10 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Chinese Migrs of Thailand in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, New): Disaphol Chansiri The Chinese Migrs of Thailand in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover, New)
Disaphol Chansiri
R2,189 Discovery Miles 21 890 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

examines Thai-Chinese relations, dating back to the first Thai dynasty (Sukhothai) to the present (Ratanakosin). The study explores the Thai domestic policies that have affected the Chinese population since World War II and assimilation policies of the Thai government towards the Chinese. This book also analyzes both Skinner's and Chan and Tong's arguments, and their main idea in the context of the present day environment and situation for the ethnic Chinese. This research supports the Skinnerian paradigm, which asserts that "a majority of the descendants of Chinese immigrants in each generation merge with Thai society and become indistinguishable from the indigenous population to the extent that fourth-generation Chinese are practically non-existent." The validation of the Skinnerian paradigm rejects Chan and Tong's hypothesis, which claims that Skinner has "overemphasized the forces of assimilation" and that the Chinese in Thailand have not assimilated but retained their Chinese identity. To support Skinner's assertion and reject Chan and Tong's argument, this book presents rich empirical data collected via surveys conducted with the ethnic Chinese in Thailand from 2003-2004. This study uncovers that the forces of assimilation occur at two levels. On the first level, the Chinese in Thailand possess natural attributes which facilitate social and cultural integration and assimilation into Thai society. On the second level, government pro-assimilation policies, driven by the bilateral relations between Thailand and China and the political situation in both countries, are also responsible for the assimilation of the Chinese in Thailand. As the most current in-depth study on the Chinese in Thailand, The Chinese Emigres of Thailand in the Twentieth Century is a critical addition for all collections in Asian Studies as well as Ethnic and Immigrant Studies.

The Mandaeans - Ancient Texts and Modern People (Hardcover): Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley The Mandaeans - Ancient Texts and Modern People (Hardcover)
Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley
R2,039 Discovery Miles 20 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Mandaeans are a Gnostic sect that arose in the middle east around the same time as Christianity. What little study of the religion there has been has focused on the ancient Mandaeans and their relation to early Christianity. Buckley examines the lives and religion of contemporary Mandaeans, who live mainly in Iran and Iraq but also in New York and San Diego. She provides a comprehensive introduction to the religion and shows how its ancient texts inform the living religion, and vice versa.

The Story of the Gypsies (History of the Romany) (Hardcover): Konrad Bercovici The Story of the Gypsies (History of the Romany) (Hardcover)
Konrad Bercovici
R912 Discovery Miles 9 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Originally published in London 1929. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: The Missing Words. - The Origin of the Gypsies. - The Macedonian Gypsy. - The Gypsies in Roumania. - The Gypsies in Hungary. - The Gypsies in France. - The Gypsies in Spain. - The Gypsies in Germany. - The Russian Gypsy. - The English Gypsy. - The American Gypsy. - Nordic Gypsies and Other Strays. - The Tent in the Wind. A learned discussion of the mystery of the origin of the Gypsy race and their language, their achievement of happiness without civilisation, and the wild romanticism of their complete denial of nearly all accepted ethical and social values.

Classical Writings of the Medieval Islamic World - Persian Histories of the Mongol Dynasties Volume 1 (Hardcover): Mirzar... Classical Writings of the Medieval Islamic World - Persian Histories of the Mongol Dynasties Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Mirzar Haydar Dughlat; Translated by W. M Thackston
R5,303 Discovery Miles 53 030 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume is one of the most important historical sources for medieval Islamic scholarship - Mirzar Haydar's "Tarikh- i - Rashidi" (History of Rashid). It offers a history of the Khans of Moghulistan, the vast stretch of territory between the ancient cities of Central Asia and Mongolia, and was written in the early 16th century by Mirza Haydar, a Turco-Mongol military general and ruler of Kashmir. Distinguished linguist and orientalist, Wheeler Thackston, presents a lucid, annotated translation that makes this key material accessible to a wide range of scholars.

Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition - Ibn Qutlubugha's Commentary on The Compendium of... Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition - Ibn Qutlubugha's Commentary on The Compendium of Quduri (Paperback)
Talal Al-Azem
R1,487 Discovery Miles 14 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

In Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition, Talal Al-Azem argues for the existence of a madhhab-law tradition' of jurisprudence underpinning the four post-classical Sunni schools of law. This tradition celebrated polyvalence by preserving the multiplicity of conflicting opinions within each school, while simultaneously providing a process of rule formulation (tarjih) by which one opinion is chosen as the binding precedent (taqlid). The predominant forum of both activities, he shows, was the legal commentary. Through a careful reading of Ibn Qutlubugha's (d. 879/1474) al-Tashih wa-al-tarjih, Al-Azem presents a new periodisation of the Hanafi madhhab, analyses the theory of rule formulation, and demonstrates how this madhhab-law tradition facilitated both continuity and legal change while serving as the basis of a pluralistic Mamluk judicial system.

America's Encounters with Southeast Asia, 1800-1900 - Before the Pivot (Hardcover, 0): Farish A. Noor America's Encounters with Southeast Asia, 1800-1900 - Before the Pivot (Hardcover, 0)
Farish A. Noor
R4,030 Discovery Miles 40 300 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

A century before the Philippines came under American control, Americans were already travelling to Southeast Asia regularly. This book looks at the writings of American diplomats, adventurers, and scientists and chronicles how nineteenth-century Americans viewed and imagined Southeast Asia through their own cultural-political lenses. It argues that as Americans came to visit the region they also brought with them a train of cultural assumptions and biases that contributed to the development of American Orientalism in Southeast Asia.

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