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Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit (Paperback)
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Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit (Paperback)
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Discover the essence of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit and what
it has contributed to societies across the ages In Islamicate
Cosmopolitan Spirit, 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.
In 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 Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit is a
boundary busting challenge to those who think of the world merely
in terms of an "Arab" Middle East. Readers will also benefit from:
A thorough introduction to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit
across time and space An exploration of premodern Afro-Eurasia and
Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean A practical discussion of
the future of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit Perfect for all
students of Islamicate civilization, both traditional and
progressive, Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit 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.
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