Translated from the German Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-209) and index
Contents:
1. KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT: the state of the Arab world. "Orientalism" and its adversaries Rifa'ah at-Tahtawi and the "Arab Human Development Report" Language and social lifeworlds Knowledge and technology Freedom and prosperity Power and benefit Military and politics Mehmed Ali and Gamal Abdel Nasser Ground rent and productivity Oil wealth and stasis 2. GEOPOLITICS AND RELIGIOUS ZEAL: Radicalizaiton in the Muslim East. Between Palestine and Kashmir Cold War and decolonization England and Russia Gladstone and Disraeli Caliphate and Pan-Islam Kemal Pasha and Enver Pasha Hindus and Muslims Colonialism and alienation Arabism and Islamism Mawdudi and Sayyid Qutb Political theology and civil war 3. TEXT AND SPEECH: the rejection of the printing press. One God, one book Mechanical reproduction and profanation Consonants and vowels Arabic and Hebrew Baruch Spinoza and Walter Benjamin Romanization and secularization Recitation and reading Literacy and diglossia Fusha and Ammiya 4. RISE AND DECLINE: Ottoman perplexities in the early modern period. Europe and Asia Ottomans and the New World Gold and silver Piri Reis and Selim I Mamluks and Venetians The price revolution and mercantilism Janissaries and bureaucrats Merchants and craftsmen Inflation and rebellion Stasis or crisis Mustafa Ali and Katip Celebi 5. POLITICAL POWER AND ECONOMIC BENEFIT: Muslim social environment in the classical age. Desert and Steppe Tribute and tax Central power and urban culture Umayyads and Abbasids Mercenaries and traders Polis and Medina Public and private Benefices and capital Labor and property Time and liturgy Ethics and morals Sacred and profane 6. HISTORICAL THOUGHT AND DIVINE LAW: Converting sacred into profane time. Acceleration or deceleration Law and history Cyclical vs linear time Ibn Khaldun and Giambattista Vico Past utopias and future worlds Islam and Judaism Leo Strauss and Moses Maimonides Dual law and dual time Muhammad Asad and Moses Mendelssohn Law of the land and secularization
