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Record Nr.

UNINA9910966814803321

Autore

Lewis Bernard <1916-2018, >

Titolo

Islam and the West / / Bernard Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771402-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 217 p. )

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

303.48/25604

Soggetti

Islam - Relations - Christianity

Christianity and other religions - Islam

Middle East Relations Europe

Europe Relations Middle East

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- ENCOUNTERS -- 1. Europe and Islam -- 2. Legal and Historical Reflections on the Position of Muslim Populations Under Non-Muslim Rule -- STUDIES AND PERCEPTIONS -- 3. Translation from Arabic -- 4. The Ottoman Obsession -- 5. Gibbon on Muhammad -- 6. The Question of Orientalism -- 7. Other People's History -- ISLAMIC RESPONSE AND REACTION -- 8. The Return of Islam -- 9. The Sh&amp -- #299 -- 'a in Islamic History -- 10. Country and Freedom -- 11. Religious Coexistence and Secularism -- Notes -- Bibliographical Appendix -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sommario/riassunto

This is a collection of the author's essays on the interaction of the Islamic world with the West.