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The Wiley Blackwell History of Islam
Armando Salvatore (Edited by), Roberto Tottoli (Associate editor), Babak Rahimi (Associate editor)
9780470657546, Wiley
Hardback, published 27 April 2018
685 pages
24.9 x 17.8 x 4.3 cm, 1.338 kg
A theoretically rich, nuanced history of Islam and Islamic civilization with a unique sociological component This major new reference work offers a complete historical and theoretically informed view of Islam as both a religion and a sociocultural force. Uniquely comprehensive, it surveys and discusses the transformation of Muslim societies in different eras and various regions, providing a broad narrative of the historical development of Islamic civilization. This text explores the complex and varied history of the religion and its traditions. It provides an in-depth study of the diverse ways through which the religious dimension at the core of Islamic traditions has led to a distinctive type of civilizational process in history. The book illuminates the ways in which various historical forces have converged and crystallized in institutional forms at a variety of levels, embracing social, religious, legal, political, cultural, and civic dimensions. Together, the team of internationally renowned scholars move from the genesis of a new social order in 7th-century Arabia, right up to the rise of revolutionary Islamist currents in the 20th century and the varied ways in which Islam has grown and continues to pervade daily life in the Middle East and beyond. This book is essential reading for students and academics in a wide range of fields, including sociology, history, law, and political science. It will also appeal to general readers with an interest in the history of one of the world’s great religions.
List of Contributors ix Preface xv Introduction: The Formation and Transformations of the Islamic Ecumene 1 Part I Late Antique Beginnings (to ca. 661) 37 1 Agrarian, Commercial, and Pastoralist Dynamics in the Pre‐Islamic Irano‐Semitic Civilizational Area 39 2 Imperial Contests and the Arabs: The World of Late Antiquity on the Eve of Islam 59 3 Pre‐Islamic Patterns of Social Organization and Cultural Expression in West Central Arabia 77 4 Muhammad’s Movement and Leadership 97 Part II The High Caliphate (ca. 661–946) 115 5 The Trajectory of the High Caliphate: Expansion and Contraction 117 6 Developments within the Religious Sciences during the Rise and Decline of Empire 137 7 Shi‘is, Sufis, and Popular Saints 159 8 Contested Fields, Knowledge Mobility, and Discipline Crystallization 177 Part III The Earlier Middle Period (ca. 946–1258) 195 9 Cosmopolitan Expansion and the Fragmentation of Governance 197 10 Scholarship, Speculative Thought, and the Consolidation of Sunni Authority 215 11 Alternative Patterns of Legitimacy: Sunni–Shi‘i Debates on Political Leadership 235 12 The Crystallization and Expansiveness of Sufi Networkswithin the Urban‐Rural‐Nomadic Nexus of the Islamic Ecumene 253 Part IV The Later Middle Period (ca. 1258–1453) 273 13 Pax Mongolica and its Impact on Patterns of Governance 275 14 Religious Knowledge between Scholarly Conservatism and Commoners’ Agency 291 15 The Consolidation of Sunni and Shi‘i Legitimacies 311 16 Organizational Patterns and Developments within Sufi Communities 329 Part V Early Modernity and Civilizational Apogee (ca. 1453–1683) 351 17 Early Modern Islamicate Empire: New Forms of Religiopolitical Legitimacy 353 18 The ‘Ulama’ as Ritual Specialists: Cosmic Knowledge and Political Rituals 377 19 New Sociopolitical Formations and the ‘Renaissance’ of Philosophy 393 20 The Apogee and Consolidation of Sufi Teachings and Organizational Forms 413 Part VI Facing the Global Rise of European Power (ca. 1683–1882) 433 21 Global Transformations in the ‘Muslim World’: Connections, Crises, and Reforms 435 22 Intellectual Creativity in a Time of Turmoil and Transition 459 23 Islamicate Knowledge Systems: Circulation, Rationality, and Politics 479 24 From Saints and Renewers to Mahdis and Proto‐Nationalists 499 Part VII Colonial Subjection and Postcolonial Developments (ca. 1882–present) 519 25 Struggles for Independence: Colonial and Postcolonial Orders 521 26 The ‘Ulama’: Challenges, Reforms, and New Patterns of Social Relevance 543 27 The Role of Intellectuals within Late‐Colonial and Postcolonial Public Spheres 561 28 The Sociopolitical Entanglements of Sufism 585 Index 607
Armando Salvatore, Johann P. Arnason, Babak Rahimi, and Roberto Tottoli
George Hatke
Isabel Toral‐Niehoff
Mohammed A. Bamyeh
Anna Aysȩ Akasoy
Amira K. Bennison
Devin Stewart
Ahmet T. Karamustafa
Paul L. Heck
Amira K. Bennison
Bruce Fudge
Asma Afsaruddin
Babak Rahimi and Armando Salvatore
Michele Bernardini
Caterina Bori
Babak Rahimi
Devin DeWeese
Matthew Melvin‐Koushki
A. Azfar Moin
Sajjad Rizvi
Rachida Chih
Ali Yaycioglu
Ethan L. Menchinger
Jane H. Murphy
John O. Voll
SherAli Tareen
Jakob Skovgaard‐Petersen
Mohammed A. Bamyeh and Armando Salvatore
Jamal Malik
Subject Areas: Religion & beliefs [HR]
