Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics: The British Experience
ISBN: 9780415572255 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The expression of an Islamic political radicalism in Britain has been one of the most dramatic developments in recent decades. Islamic Radicalism and Multicultural Politics explores the nature of this phenomenon by analysing the origins of Islam and its historical contact with Western Europe and Britain, and the emergence of Islamic political radicalism in the Muslim world and in the West. Tahir Abbas draws on historical analysis and contemporary case studies to explore the post-war immigration and integration of Muslim groups, the complex relations that exist... The expression of an Islamic political radicalism in Britain has been one of the most dramatic developments in recent decades. Islamic Radicali... |
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221,59 zł |
Muslims in Britain: Making Social and Political Space
ISBN: 9780415594721 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the social and political position of Muslims in Britain. Contributions from academics and policy makers explore issues of religion and politics, Britishness, governance, parallel lives, gender issues, religion in civic space, ethnicity, and inter ethnic and religious relations.
This book examines the social and political position of Muslims in Britain. Contributions from academics and policy makers explore issues of religion ...
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271,97 zł |
The Rise and Fall of Arab Jerusalem : Palestinian Politics and the City since 1967
ISBN: 9780415598545 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text examines the politics of Jerusalem since 1967 and the city's decline as an Arab city. Covering issues such as the Old City, the barrier, planning regulations and efforts to remove Palestinians from it, the book provides a broad overview of the contemporary situation and political relations inside the Palestinian community.
This text examines the politics of Jerusalem since 1967 and the city's decline as an Arab city. Covering issues such as the Old City, the barrier, pla...
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Islamic Branding and Marketing
ISBN: 9780470825396 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Islamic Branding and Marketing: Creating A Global Islamic Business provides a complete guide to building brands in the largest consumer market in the world. The global Muslim market is now approximately 23 percent of the world's population, and is projected to grow by about 35 percent in the next 20 years. If current trends continue, there are expected to be 2.2 billion Muslims in 2030 that will make up 26.4 percent of the world's total projected population of 8.3 billion.
As companies currently compete for the markets of China and India, few have realized the global Muslim market... Islamic Branding and Marketing: Creating A Global Islamic Business provides a complete guide to building brands in the largest consumer market ...
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232,26 zł |
Jihad in Saudi Arabia: Violence and Pan-Islamism Since 1979
ISBN: 9780521732369 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Saudi Arabia, homeland of Osama bin Laden and many 9/11 hijackers, is widely considered to be the heartland of radical Islamism. For decades, the conservative and oil-rich kingdom contributed recruits, ideologues and money to jihadi groups worldwide. Yet Islamism within Saudi Arabia itself remains poorly understood. Why has Saudi Arabia produced so many militants? Has the Saudi government supported violent groups? How strong is al-Qaida's foothold in the kingdom and does it threaten the regime? Why did Bin Laden not launch a campaign there until 2003? This 2010 book presents the first ever...
Saudi Arabia, homeland of Osama bin Laden and many 9/11 hijackers, is widely considered to be the heartland of radical Islamism. For decades, the cons...
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130,92 zł |
Journeys to the Other Shore: Muslim and Western Travelers in Search of Knowledge
ISBN: 9780691138404 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The contemporary world is increasingly defined by dizzying flows of people and ideas. But while Western travel is associated with a pioneering spirit of discovery, the dominant image of Muslim mobility is the jihadi who travels not to learn but to destroy. Journeys to the Other Shore challenges these stereotypes by charting the common ways in which Muslim and Western travelers negotiate the dislocation of travel to unfamiliar and strange worlds. In Roxanne Euben's groundbreaking excursion across cultures, geography, history, genre, and genders, travel signifies not only a physical... The contemporary world is increasingly defined by dizzying flows of people and ideas. But while Western travel is associated with a pioneering spir... |
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159,08 zł |
Leisurely Islam: Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi'ite South Beirut
ISBN: 9780691153667 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. South Beirut has recently become a vibrant leisure destination with a plethora of cafes and restaurants that cater to the young, fashionable, and pious. What effects have these establishments had on the moral norms, spatial practices, and urban experiences of this Lebanese community? From the diverse voices of young Shi'i Muslims searching for places to hang out, to the Hezbollah officials who want this media-savvy generation to be more politically involved, to the religious leaders worried that Lebanese youth are losing their moral compasses, Leisurely Islam provides a... South Beirut has recently become a vibrant leisure destination with a plethora of cafes and restaurants that cater to the young, fashionable, and p... |
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132,56 zł |
Egypt After Mubarak: Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World
ISBN: 9780691158044 / Angielski / Miękka / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Which way will Egypt go now that Husni Mubarak's authoritarian regime has been swept from power? Will it become an Islamic theocracy similar to Iran? Will it embrace Western-style liberalism and democracy? Egypt after Mubarak reveals that Egypt's secularists and Islamists may yet navigate a middle path that results in a uniquely Islamic form of liberalism and, perhaps, democracy. Bruce Rutherford draws on in-depth interviews with Egyptian judges, lawyers, Islamic activists, politicians, and businesspeople. He utilizes major court rulings, political documents of the Muslim... Which way will Egypt go now that Husni Mubarak's authoritarian regime has been swept from power? Will it become an Islamic theocracy similar to Ira... |
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100,70 zł |
Resistance: The Essence of the Islamist Revolution
ISBN: 9780745328850 / Angielski / Miękka / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book traces the essence of the Islamist Revolution from its origins in Egypt, through Najaf, Lebanon, Iran and the Iranian Revolution to today. Alastair Crooke presents a compelling account of the ideas and energy which are mobilising the Islamic world. This book traces the essence of the Islamist Revolution from its origins in Egypt, through Najaf, Lebanon, Iran and the Iranian Revolution to today... |
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166,99 zł |
The Contemporary Arab Reader on Political Islam
ISBN: 9780745328898 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The Contemporary Arab Reader on Political Islam" brings together the writings of highly influential figures in the field of Islamism in the contemporary Arab world, many of whose writings have never been available before in English. "The Contemporary Arab Reader on Political Islam" brings together the writings of highly influential figures in the field of Islamism in the contem... |
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159,02 zł |
Moderate and Radical Islamic Fundamentalism: The Quest for Modernity, Legitimacy, and the Islamic State
ISBN: 9780813044699 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The slyest, and therefore smartest, assessment of Islamic fundamentalism currently available. International Journal of Middle East Studies A very careful and thoughtful study of various trends in contemporary Arab Islamic fundamentalism. Journal of Palestine Studies Full of innovative views and ideas about how to read various texts of Islamic fundamentalism. One concludes from it that radicals and moderates are not clear-cut categories for a classification of Islamic fundamentalists. Middle East Studies Association Bulletin This book is... The slyest, and therefore smartest, assessment of Islamic fundamentalism currently available. International Journal of Middle East Studies<... |
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133,75 zł |
Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
ISBN: 9780870032141 / Angielski / Miękka / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Among U.S. allies in the war against terrorism, Pakistan cannot be easily characterized as either friend or foe. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is an important center of radical Islamic ideas and groups. Since 9/11, the selective cooperation of president General Pervez Musharraf in sharing intelligence with the United States and apprehending al Qaeda members has led to the assumption that Pakistan might be ready to give up its longstanding ties with radical Islam. But Pakistan's status as an Islamic ideological state is closely linked with the Pakistani elite's worldview and the praetorian... Among U.S. allies in the war against terrorism, Pakistan cannot be easily characterized as either friend or foe. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is an impor... |
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99,02 zł |
What is Sufism?
ISBN: 9780946621415 / Angielski / Miękka / 133 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What do Sufis believe? What do they aim at? What do they do? Unlike other writers on the subject, Martin Lings treats all the three questions with equal justice. This classic work on Sufism has been used as set book in colleges worldwide and has been translated into five languages.
What do Sufis believe? What do they aim at? What do they do? Unlike other writers on the subject, Martin Lings treats all the three questions with equ...
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70,91 zł |
Corpus Anarchicum: Political Protest, Suicidal Violence, and the Making of the Posthuman Body
ISBN: 9781137264114 / Angielski / Twarda / 235 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dabashi's newest book is a meditation on suicidal violence in the immediate context of its most recent political surge and a critical examination of the radical transformation of the human body, supported by close readings of cinematic and artistic evidence.
Dabashi's newest book is a meditation on suicidal violence in the immediate context of its most recent political surge and a critical examination of t...
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191,40 zł |
Corpus Anarchicum: Political Protest, Suicidal Violence, and the Making of the Posthuman Body
ISBN: 9781137264121 / Angielski / Miękka / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dabashi's newest book is a meditation on suicidal violence in the immediate context of its most recent political surge and a critical examination of the radical transformation of the human body, supported by close readings of cinematic and artistic evidence.
Dabashi's newest book is a meditation on suicidal violence in the immediate context of its most recent political surge and a critical examination of t...
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191,40 zł |
Martyrs: Innocence, Vengeance, and Despair in the Middle East
ISBN: 9781403966810 / Angielski / Miękka / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Martyrs offers compelling and chilling interviews with terrorist trainers, with the families of suicide bombers, fighters and fanatics, and with Muslim scholars offering differing opinions on the legitimacy of violence in Islam. Through the voices of those who plan and those who grieve, Martyrs provides provocative and troubling insights into the zealotry that leads to the targeting of innocents, the endless cycle of revenge, and the despair that besets the Middle East. From Iran to Lebanon and the Palestinian territories, Joyce Davis reports on the rage that drives tragedies... Martyrs offers compelling and chilling interviews with terrorist trainers, with the families of suicide bombers, fighters and fanatics, and ... |
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82,95 zł |
Blood Libel and Its Derivatives: The Scourge of Anti-Semitism
ISBN: 9781412842716 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. At the doorstep of the twenty-first century, one would expect that medieval concepts such as blood libel--the accusation that Jews kill children to use their blood in religious ritual--would have been discarded by any civilized human being. Certainly in the Christian world, where the story originated and endured for centuries, modern attitudes have nearly erased these barbaric accusations. But in Arab and Islamic worlds, where enmity towards Israel and Zionism has conditioned beliefs, attitudes, positions, and fantasies, blood libel and similar charges are still part of life. Most... At the doorstep of the twenty-first century, one would expect that medieval concepts such as blood libel--the accusation that Jews kill children to... |
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Inside Jihadism : Understanding Jihadi Movements Worldwide
ISBN: 9781594516160 / Angielski / Miękka / 321 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jihad is the most organized force against Western capitalism since the Soviet era. Yet jihadism is multifaceted and complex, much broader than Al Qaeda alone. In the first wide-ranging introduction to today's rapidly growing jihadism, Khosrokhavar explains how two key movements variously influence jihadi activists. One, based in the Middle East, is more heavily influenced by Islamic religion and political thought. The other, composed of individuals growing up or living mostly in Europe and Western democracies including the United States, is motivated by secular as well as religious...
Jihad is the most organized force against Western capitalism since the Soviet era. Yet jihadism is multifaceted and complex, much broader than Al Qaed...
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181,29 zł |
The Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt's Succession Crisis : The Politics of Liberalisation and Reform in the Middle East
ISBN: 9781780762173 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The tense relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian state has been central to political developments for many decades, a source of continuous conflict and discord. In the wake of Egypt's historic uprising in early 2011, the Brotherhood continue to loom large on the horizon of Egyptian political and social landscapes - making Mohammed Zahid's insight into the troubled history of this organization essential reading. He delves into the complexities of Egyptian politics and jostling for power in recent years, amid increasing pressures for reform. In doing so, Zahid sheds... The tense relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian state has been central to political developments for many decades, a source ... |
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130,92 zł |
Being Arab
ISBN: 9781844672806 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir was one of Lebanon's foremost public intellectuals. In Being Arab, a thought-provoking assessment of Arab identity, he calls on the people of the Middle East to reject both Western double standards and Islamism in order to take the future into their own hands. Passionately written and brilliantly argued, this rallying cry for change has now been heard by millions.
Before his assassination in 2005, Samir Kassir was one of Lebanon's foremost public intellectuals. In Being Arab, a thought-provoking assessmen...
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42,37 zł |