<p>A revelatory and game-changing narrative that rewrites everything we thought we knew about the modern history of the Islamic world.</p><p>With majestic prose, Christopher de Bellaigue presents an absorbing account of the political and social reformations that transformed the lands of Islam in the
The Islamic enlightenment : the struggle between faith and reason : 1798 to modern times
β Scribed by De Bellaigue, Christopher, 1971- author
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
xxxiv, 408 pages : 21 cm
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