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ISBN10: 0871403730, ISBN13: 9780871403735, [publisher: WW Norton & Co] Hardcover Hardcover. With majestic prose, Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Flying in the face of everything we thought we knew, The Islamic Enlightenment becomes an astonishing and revelatory history that offers a game-changing assessment of the Middle East since the Napoleonic Wars. Beginning his account in 1798, de Bellaigue demonstrates how Middle Eastern heartlands have long welcomed modern ideals and practices, including the adoption of modern medicine, the emergence of women from seclusion, and the development of democracy. With trenchant political and historical insight, de Bellaigue further shows how the violence of an infinitesimally small minority is in fact the tragic blowback from these modernizing processes. Structuring his groundbreaking history around Istanbul, Cairo, and Tehran, the three main loci of Islamic culture, de Bellaigue directly challenges ossified perceptions of a supposedly benighted Muslim world through the forgotten, and inspiring, stories of philosophers, anti-clerics, journalists, and feminists who opened up their societies to political and intellectual emancipation. His sweeping and vivid account includes remarkable men and women from across the Muslim world, including Ibrahim Sinasi, who brought newspapers to ...

Liveright Publishing Corporation 2017 Hard cover Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 432 p. Contains: Illustrations. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

ISBN10: 0871403730, ISBN13: 9780871403735, [publisher: Liveright] Hardcover Num Pages: 432 pages. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 666. . 2017. Hardback. . . . .
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ISBN10: 0871403730, ISBN13: 9780871403735, [publisher: LIVERIGHT] Hardcover
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ISBN10: 0871403730, ISBN13: 9780871403735, [publisher: Liveright] Hardcover Num Pages: 432 pages. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 666. . 2017. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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ISBN10: 0871403730, ISBN13: 9780871403735, [publisher: Liveright] Hardcover New
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ISBN10: 0871403730, ISBN13: 9780871403735, [publisher: Liveright] Hardcover
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