Knowledge and Power in Muslim Societies

Knowledge and Power in Muslim SocietiesThe study of Islam and of Islamic history is enjoying something of a revival with an emphasis on intellectual history. There are noticeable differences of approach in the various chapters presented here, but what brings them together is a careful study of texts as forms of speech acts

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in many languages to examine how slaves and ‘renegades’ developed a frontier consciousness that took into account how the ‘others’ thought and acted

assesses what it would take for an economy to transition to a position that enabled it to prosper without growth

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This book provides a complete overview of the of parties in France

and health technologies and patients’ roles as consumers from the early twentieth century to the present

It includes studies of the fascinating

Using a range of critical theorists the book examines superheroes as sovereigns

‘The Making of the Modern Chinese Navy’ includes 14 historical case studies that help to illuminate a number of special characteristics of the modern-day Chinese navy

An innovative approach to the classification of figurines is presented