Islam and the West /
Lewis, Bernard, 1916-
Islam and the West / Bernard Lewis. - New York : Oxford University Press, c1993. - ix, 217 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-200) and index.
Europe and Islam --
Legal and historical reflections on the position of Muslim populations under non-Muslim rule --
Translation from Arabic --
The Ottoman obsession --
Gibbon on Muhammad --
The question of Orientalism --
Other people's history --
The return of Islam --
The Shi'a in Islamic history --
Country and freedom --
Religious coexistance and secularism. TOC
In Islam and the West, Bernard Lewis brings together in one volume eleven essays that indeed open doors to the innermost domains of Islam. Lewis ranges far and wide in these essays. He includes long pieces, such as his capsule history of the interaction--in war and peace, in commerce and culture--between Europe and its Islamic neighbors, and shorter ones, such as his deft study of the Arabic word watan and what its Read more...
0195076192 (alk. paper) 0195090616 (pbk.) : 9780195076196
92026938
Middle East -- Relations -- Europe.-- --
-- Europe -- Relations -- Middle East.
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
DS63.2.E8 / L47 1993
303.48'25604 / KEI 1993
Islam and the West / Bernard Lewis. - New York : Oxford University Press, c1993. - ix, 217 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-200) and index.
Europe and Islam --
Legal and historical reflections on the position of Muslim populations under non-Muslim rule --
Translation from Arabic --
The Ottoman obsession --
Gibbon on Muhammad --
The question of Orientalism --
Other people's history --
The return of Islam --
The Shi'a in Islamic history --
Country and freedom --
Religious coexistance and secularism. TOC
In Islam and the West, Bernard Lewis brings together in one volume eleven essays that indeed open doors to the innermost domains of Islam. Lewis ranges far and wide in these essays. He includes long pieces, such as his capsule history of the interaction--in war and peace, in commerce and culture--between Europe and its Islamic neighbors, and shorter ones, such as his deft study of the Arabic word watan and what its Read more...
0195076192 (alk. paper) 0195090616 (pbk.) : 9780195076196
92026938
Middle East -- Relations -- Europe.-- --
-- Europe -- Relations -- Middle East.
Christianity and other religions -- Islam.
DS63.2.E8 / L47 1993
303.48'25604 / KEI 1993