Intellectual Interactions in the Islamic World
the ismaili thread
$155.02
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
25 December 2019
Summary
Bridging Divides: Intellectual Interactions in the Islamic World
How has the Ismaili branch of Shi‘i Islam interacted with other Islamic communities throughout history? The groups and movements that make up Islamic civilisation are diverse and varied yet, while scholarship has analysed many branches of Islam in isolation, the exchanges and mutual influences between them has not been sufficiently recognised. This book traces the interactions between Ismaili intellectual thought and t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781838604882 |
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| ISBN-10: | 183860488X |
| Series: | Shi'i Heritage Series |
| Author: | Orkhan Mir-Kasimov |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Imprint: | I.B. Tauris |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 25 December 2019 |
| Weight: | 840g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 158mm x 40mm |
About The Author
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. Previously, he lectured at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilisations (INALCO) in Paris and worked at various research centres in France and Germany, including the Institute for Advanced Study of Nantes and the Free University of Berlin. He has published works on various aspects of Islamic mysticism and messianism, focusing on the late medieval and early modern periods, including Words of Power: Hurufi Teachings between Shi’ism and Sufism in Medieval Islam (2015), and Christian Apocalyptic Texts in Islamic Messianic Discourse (2017).
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