Book Display – February 2020

The following list of books includes English-language titles published in February 2020 which span a range of disciplines in the broad field of Islamic Studies. Meant to showcase current research by both established and emerging scholars, the Maydan Book Displays will surely be of interest to graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are searching for compelling sources to enrich their studies, as well as university professors and course instructors looking to add fresh material to their syllabi. Check back monthly for updates.

 

Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition

Author: Ahmed El ShamsyPublisher: Princeton Univ. PressYear: 2020Discipline: History, PhilosophyRegion:

A Companion to Medieval Ethiopia and Eritrea

Author: Samantha KellyPublisher: Brill (UK)Year: 2020Discipline: Africa, HistoryRegion: Africa

The Revival of Islamic Rationalism: Logic, Metaphysics and Mysticism in Modern Muslim Societies

Author: Masooda BanoPublisher: Cambridge Univ. Press (UK)Year: 2020Discipline: Politics, PhilosophyRegion:

Muhammad's Heirs: The Rise of Muslim Scholarly Communities, 622–950

Author: Jonathan E. BrockoppPublisher: Cambridge Univ. Press (UK)Year: 2020Discipline: HistoryRegion:

Your Sons Are at Your Service: Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad

Author: Aaron Y. ZelinPublisher: Columbia Univ. PressYear: 2020Discipline: HistoryRegion: North Africa

A Slave Between Empires: A Transimperial History of North Africa

Author: M'hamed OualdiPublisher: Columbia Univ. PressYear: 2020Discipline: HistoryRegion: North Africa

Iran and Saudi Arabia: Taming a Chaotic Conflict

Author: Ibrahim FraihatPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. Press (UK)Year: 2020Discipline: PoliticsRegion: Middle East

Psychoanalysis and the Love of Arabic: Hall of Mirrors

Author: Nadia Bou AliPublisher: Edinburgh Univ. Press (UK)Year: 2020Discipline: Politics, PhilosophyRegion:

Salafism Goes Global: From the Gulf to the French Banlieues

Author: Mohamed-Ali AdraouiPublisher: Oxford Univ. Press (UK)Year: 2020Discipline: Politics, SalafismRegion:

Arab Political Thought: Past and Present

Author: Georges CormPublisher: Oxford Univ. Press (UK)Year: 2020Discipline: Politics, HistoryRegion: