The Islamic Enlightenment: The Struggle Between Faith and Reason, 1798 to Modern Times
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A revelatory and game-changing narrative that rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world.
With majestic prose, Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Structuring his groundbreaking history around Istanbul, Cairo, and Tehran, the three main loci of Islamic culture, The Islamic Enlightenment challenges the ossified p…
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HistoryReligionPrint BooksSocial SciencesAwardsNonfictionWorld HistoryIslamMiddle Eastern HistoryIslamic StudiesCivilization - HistoryHistory of IslamCivilization - General & MiscellaneousMiddle East - CivilizationMiddle Eastern History - Modern - General & MiscellaneousHistory of Islam - General & MiscellaneousIslamic Studies - General & Miscellaneous2017 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction ShortlistBritish Literary AwardsAll Previous Finalists - Baillie Gifford PrizeBaillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction (formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize)



