{"product_id":"islamicate-cosmopolitan-spirit-bruce-b-lawrence-9781405155144","title":"Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover the essence of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit and what it has contributed to societies across the ages \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIslamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit, \u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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\u003ci\u003e Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit \u003c\/i\u003eis a boundary busting challenge to those who think of the world merely in terms of an \"Arab\" Middle East. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReaders will also benefit from: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit across time and space \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn exploration of premodern Afro-Eurasia and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA practical discussion of the future of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for all students of Islamicate civilization, both traditional and progressive, \u003ci\u003eIslamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce B. Lawrence\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1405155140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781405155144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Bruce B. Lawrence","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982807007487,"sku":"9781405155144","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b281471b-ac56-4320-9589-86dd7a553501.jpg?v=1683263129","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/islamicate-cosmopolitan-spirit-bruce-b-lawrence-9781405155144","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}