Book Series in Middle East Studies
New Horizons in Islamic Studies
New & Published Titles:
Intellectuals in the Modern Islamic World
Transmission, Transformation and Communication
Incorporating a rich series of case-studies covering a range of geographical areas, this collection of essays examines the history of modern intellectuals in the Islamic…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54979-0 (Routledge)
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Popular Movements and Democratization in the Islamic World
Ever since the terrorist incident of September 11th a general understanding seems to have arisen among people that the challenges posed by Islam have now…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39896-1 (Routledge)
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Islamic Area Studies with Geographical Information Systems
In this volume the contributors use Geographical Information Systems (GIS) to reassess both historic and contemporary Asian countries and traditionally Islamic areas. This highly illustrated… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33250-7 (Routledge)
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Muslim Societies
Historical and Comparative Aspects
This volume examines Muslim societies across Europe, North Africa, Central Asia and South Asia from the eighteenth century to the present, providing fresh insight through… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33254-5 (Routledge)
Persian Documents
Social History of Iran and Turan in the 15th-19th Centuries
After the Mongol period, Persian was the official written language in Iran, Central Asia and India. A vast amount of documents relating to administration and… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-30274-6 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The series New Horizons in Islamic Studies presents the fruitful results of Islamic Area Studies Project conducted in Japan during the years 1997-2001. The project has planned to do multidisciplinary research on the dynamism of Muslim societies in both the Islamic and non-Islamic worlds, considering the fact that areas with close ties to Islam now encompass the whole world. This series provides the newest knowledge on the subjects of "symbiosis and conflict in Muslim societies," "ports, merchants and cross-cultural exchange," and "democratization and popular movement in Islam". The readers will find multifarious, useful achievements gained through international joint research with high technology of geographic information systems about Islamic religion and civilization, particularly mphasizing comparative and historical approaches.
Forthcoming Titles:
The Moral Economy of the Madrasa: Islam and Education Today
Edited by Keiko Sakurai, Fariba Adelkhah
To be published December 1st 2010