The Mirage (Modern Arabic Novels (Hardcover))
A sweeping study that analyzes the history, ideology, and social impact of political religious groups from multiple angles. It reframes the conflict between religion and politics as an intellectual struggle rather than a military one.
Work Information
A major study that rereads political religious movements as intellectual history.
The book reorganizes debates about religious extremism at the intersection of history, politics, and culture. It captures a major contemporary issue with the reach of a large-scale research study.
Review Summaries
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Readers value its scholarly density, the scale of its argument, and its urgency in relation to the contemporary Middle East. The book’s firm stance is clear, but many praise the breadth of its reach.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Amer Univ in Cairo Pr
- Published
- 2009-08-01
- Pages
- 385 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.75 x 2.79 x 23.37 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789774162657
- ISBN-10
- 977416265X
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Literary
The Nobel laureates masterful study of a disturbed mans struggle with the realities of everyday life
NANCY ROBERTS, translator of Ghada Sammans Night of the First Billion and Mohamed El-Bisaties Over the Bridge (AUC Press 2006), has also translated works dealing with Islamic history, jurisprudence, Sufism and modern Islamic though and practice.
Related Literary Awards
- Sheikh Zayed Book Award Edition 10 (2016) ・Achievement Award