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AMERICAN EMPIRETHE REALITIES & CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. DIPLOMACY
₨ 5,026
ISBN: 0674013751
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: THE REALITIES & CONSEQUENCES OF U.S. DIPLOMACY
Author: ANDREW J. BACEVICH -
SHAKESPEARE, EINSTEIN, AND THE BOTTOM LINETHE MARKETING OF HIGHER EDUCATION
₨ 5,656
ISBN: 0674016343
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: THE MARKETING OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Author: DAVID L. KRIP -
FOR PROPHET AND TSAR
₨ 5,972
ISBN: 9780674032231
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: ISLAM AND EMPIRE IN RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
Author: ROBERT D. CREWS -
INHUMAN CONDITIONS
₨ 14,182
ISBN: 0674022955
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: ON COSMOPOLITANISM AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Author: PHENG CHEAH -
RULERS AND VICTIMS
₨ 11,029
ISBN: 0674021789
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: THE RUSSIANS IN THE SOVIET UNION
Author: GEOFFREY HOSKING -
SELF-KNOWLEDGE AND RESENTMENT
₨ 14,182
ISBN: 0674022890
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle:
Author: AKEEL BILGRAMI -
NEW FOUNDATIONS OF COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
₨ 15,742
ISBN: 0674022793
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Author: MATTHEW D. ADLER -
OFF THE BOOKS
₨ 8,809
ISBN: 0674023552
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY OF THE URBAN POOR
Author: SUDHIR ALLADI VENKATESH -
THE DOME OF THE ROCK
₨ 7,232The Dome of the Rock, the beautiful Muslim shrine in the walled Old City of Jerusalem, was fully restored to its original state in the last half-century. Thus, this structure, sited on the third holiest spot on earth for Muslims, is at once a product of the seventh century and almost entirely the work of our own times–a paradox in keeping with the complexities and contradictions of history and religion, architecture and ideology that define this site.
This book tells the story of the Dome of the Rock, from the first fateful decades of its creation–on the esplanade built in the fourth decade B.C.E. for the Second Jewish Temple–to its engulfment in the clashes of the Crusades and the short-lived Christianization of all of Jerusalem, to its modern acquisition of different and potent meanings for Muslim, Christian, and Jewish cultures.
Oleg Grabar’s presentation combines what we know of the building with the views of past observers and with the broader historical, cultural, and aesthetic implications of the monument. Primarily it is as a work of art that the Dome of the Rock stands out from these pages, understood for the quality that allows it to transcend the constrictions of period and perhaps even those of faith and culture. Finally, Grabar grapples with the question this monumental work of art so eloquently poses: whether the pious requirements of a specific community can be reconciled with universal aesthetic values.
ISBN: 0674023137
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Author: OLEG GRABAR -
THE FLOWERING OF MUSLIM THEOLOGY
₨ 7,862Josef Van Ess is the world’s most distinguished scholar of classical kalam the Muslim theology that was the precursor to, and foundation for, modern Islam. This book makes available, for the first time in English, the fruit of van Ess’s thirty-five yeaof work in the field. A lucid and authoritative introduction to classical Islam, it opens a window on the intellectual world that gave rise to Muslim theology.
A sustained look at important issues in early kalam, The Flowering of Muslim Theology discusses the emergence of theology in the classical period and offeacute and illuminating comparisons with the Christian (and Jewish) traditions. Van Ess looks at the issue of heresy, at early ideas about straying from true belief. In a substantial and original instance of Koranic exegesis, he considea problem much debated among classical theologians: whether it is possible to see God. He examines the different ways in which early Muslim thinkeappropriated atomism, a natural philosophy that was originally materialistic and atheistic, for their own theological purposes. He explores the explosive mix of theology and political thought, in an analysis of the development of ideas about the role and authority of a ruler. And he considethe relationship, or contradiction, between faith and knowledge: the enduring question of how one can know whether something is right or true.
A work of intellectual history enlivened by vivid examples, The Flowering of Muslim Theology gives a wider audience rare insight into Islam’s rich classical past.
ISBN: 0674022084
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Author: JOSEF VAN ESS -
STRATEGIES OF COMMITMENT AND OTHER ESSAYS
₨ 12,589
ISBN: 0674019296
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: 2005 NOBAL LAUREATE IN ECONOMICS
Author: THOMAS C. SCHELLING -
FOR PROPHET AND TSAR
₨ 9,439Russia occupies a unique position in the Muslim world. Unlike any other non-Islamic state, it has ruled Muslim populations for over five hundred years. Though Russia today is plagued by its unrelenting war in Chechnya, Russia’s approach toward Islam once Yielded stability. In stark contrast to the popular “clash of civilizations” theory that sees Islam inevitably in conflict with the West, Robert D. Crews reveals the remarkable ways in which Russia constructed an empire with broad Muslim support.
In the eighteenth century, Catherine the Great inaugurated a policy of religious toleration that made Islam an essential pillar of Orthodox Russia. For ensuing generations, tsaand their police forces supported official Muslim authorities willing to submit to imperial directions in exchange for defense against brands of Islam they deemed heretical and destabilizing. As a result, Russian officials assumed the powerful but often awkward role of arbitrator in disputes between Muslims. And just as the state became a presence in the local mosque, Muslims became inextricably integrated into the empire and shaped tsarist will in Muslim communities stretching from the Volga River to Central Asia.
For Prophet and Tsar draws on police and court records, and Muslim petitions, denunciations, and clerical writings–not accessible prior to 1991–to unearth the fascinating relationship between an empire and its subjects. As America and Western Europe debate how best to secure the allegiances of their Muslim populations, Crews offea unique and critical historical vantage point.
ISBN: 0674021649
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: ISLAM AND EMPIRE IN RUSSIA AND CENTRAL ASIA
Author: ROBERT D. CREWS -
NEVERENDING WARS
₨ 12,589
ISBN: 0674015320
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, WEAK STATES, AND THE PERPETUATION OF CIVIL WAR
Author: ANN HIRONAKA -
THE ECONOMICS OF ADJUSTMENT AND GROWTH
₨ 22,002
ISBN: 0674015789
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: 2ND ED
Author: PIERRE-RICHARD AGENOR -
THE MODERN SELF IN THE LABYRINTH
₨ 15,742
ISBN: 0674013301
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: POLITICS AND THE ENTRAPMENT IMAGINATION
Author: EYAL CHOWERS -
THE WAR FOR MUSLIM MINDS
₨ 5,026THE EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER II, 2001, forever changed the world as we knew it. In their wake, the quest for international order has prompted a reshuffling of global aims and priorities. In a fresh approach, Giles Kepel focuses on the Middle East as a nexus of international disorder and decodes the complex language of war, propaganda, and terrorism that holds the region in its thrall.
“Gilles Kepel [has] proved to be among the most insightful Western observers of Muslim societies in the modem world.”
ISBN: 067401992X
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: ISLAM AND THE WEST
Author: GILLES KEPEL -
BUMBLEBEE ECONOMICS
₨ 5,186
ISBN: 0674016394
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: WITH A NEW PREFACE
Author: BERND HEINRICH -
FOUR CULTURES OF THE WEST
₨ 9,453
ISBN: 0674014987
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle:
Author: JOHN W. O’ MALLEY -
BEING A BUDDHIST NUN
₨ 9,439
ISBN: 0674012879
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle: THE STRUGGLE FOR ENLIGHTENMENT IN THE HIMALAYAS
Author: KIM GUTSCHOW -
SURPRISE, SECURITY, AND THE AMERICAN ECPERIENCE
₨ 5,972
ISBN: 0674011740
Publisher: HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subtitle:
Author: JOHN