Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit

<p><b>Discover the essence of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit and what it has contributed to&nbsp;societies across the ages&nbsp;</b></p> <p>In&nbsp;<i>Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit,</i> author and expert, Bruce B. Lawrence, delivers&nbsp;a spiritual elan filtered through cultural practices and artefacts. Neither juridical nor creedal, the book&nbsp;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.&nbsp;</p> <p>In the modern period, these exemplars include women as well as men, artists as well as scientists.&nbsp;The Islamicate Cosmopolitans have had special impact across the Afro-Eurasian ecumene&nbsp;at the heart of civilized exchange between multiple groups with competing yet convergent interests. The<i>&nbsp;Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit&nbsp;</i>is&nbsp;a boundary busting challenge to those who think of the world merely in terms of an &ldquo;Arab&rdquo; Middle East.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Readers will also benefit from:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>A thorough introduction to&nbsp;the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit across time and space&nbsp;</li> <li>An exploration of&nbsp;premodern Afro-Eurasia and Persianate Culture in the Indian Ocean&nbsp;</li> <li>A practical discussion of&nbsp;the future of the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Perfect for&nbsp;all students of Islamicate civilization, both traditional and progressive,&nbsp;<i>Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit</i>&nbsp;will also earn a place in the libraries of&nbsp;general readers of world history&nbsp;and those grounded in the larger history of Islamicate Asia will find a perspective that centers their own contribution to the Islamicate Cosmopolitan Spirit.&nbsp;</p>