Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit Paperback / softback

Discover the essence of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit and what it has contributed to societies across the ages  In Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit, author and expert, Bruce B.

Lawrence, delivers a spiritual elan filtered through cultural practices and artefacts.

Neither juridical nor creedal, the book expresses a desire for the just and the beautiful.

The author sets out an original and fascinating theory, that Islamicate cosmopolitanism marks a new turn in global history.

An unceasing, self-critical pursuit of truth, hitched to both beauty and justice, its history is marked by male elites who were scientific exemplars in the pre-modern period.  In the modern period, these exemplars include women as well as men, artists as well as scientists.

The Islamicate Cosmopolitans have had special impact across the Afro-Eurasian ecumene at the heart of civilized exchange between multiple groups with competing yet convergent interests.

The Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit is a boundary busting challenge to those who think of the world merely in terms of an “Arab” Middle East.   Readers will also benefit from:  A thorough introduction to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit across time and space An exploration of premodern Afro-Eurasia and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean A practical discussion of the future of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit  Perfect for all students of Islamicate civilization, both traditional and progressive, Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit will also earn a place in the libraries of general readers of world history and those grounded in the larger history of Islamicate Asia will find a perspective that centers their own contribution to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit.