9780674238176-0674238176-The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History

The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History

ISBN-13: 9780674238176
ISBN-10: 0674238176
Edition: Reprint
Author: Cemil Aydin
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Paperback 304 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780674238176
ISBN-10: 0674238176
Edition: Reprint
Author: Cemil Aydin
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Format: Paperback 304 pages

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The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History (ISBN-13: 9780674238176 and ISBN-10: 0674238176), written by authors Cemil Aydin, was published by Harvard University Press in 2019. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other Turkey (Middle East History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Turkey books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.9.

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“Superb… A tour de force.”
―Ebrahim Moosa

“Provocative… Aydin ranges over the centuries to show the relative novelty of the idea of a Muslim world and the relentless efforts to exploit that idea for political ends.”
Washington Post

When President Obama visited Cairo to address Muslims worldwide, he followed in the footsteps of countless politicians who have taken the existence of a unified global Muslim community for granted. But as Cemil Aydin explains in this provocative history, it is a misconception to think that the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims constitute a single entity. How did this belief arise, and why is it so widespread? The Idea of the Muslim World considers its origins and reveals the consequences of its enduring allure.

“Much of today’s media commentary traces current trouble in the Middle East back to the emergence of ‘artificial’ nation states after the fall of the Ottoman Empire… According to this narrative…today’s unrest is simply a belated product of that mistake. The Idea of the Muslim World is a bracing rebuke to such simplistic conclusions.”
Times Literary Supplement

“It is here that Aydin’s book proves so valuable: by revealing how the racial, civilizational, and political biases that emerged in the nineteenth century shape contemporary visions of the Muslim world.”
Foreign Affairs

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