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Practicing Social Science: Sociologists and their Craft by Devorah Kalekin-Fishman
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94How is the process of globalization effecting changes in the structure of knowledge in sociology? This path-breaking volume looks at the human dimension of developments in the discipline by compiling... -
The Future of Islam: A New Edition by Wilfred Scawen Blunt
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £44.37When it first appeared in 1882, this book was a pioneering work in every respect. It was the first coherent study of 'modern' Islam, explaining in a simple and functional manner its tenets and roots,... -
The Comintern and the Global South: Global Designs/Local Encounters by Paolo Capuzzo
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £36.66The Comintern and the Global South: Global Designs/Local Encounters studies the relations and productive tensions between the Third International, intellectual histories of racial justice and... -
An Atlas of World Affairs by Andrew Boyd 9780415391696
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37The economic, social and environmental systems of the world remain in turmoil. Recent years have seen possibly irrevocable change in the politics of Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America. This... -
The Jews of Egypt: A Mediterranean Society In Modern Times Shimon Shamir 9780367308834
RRP: £37.99Booksplease Price: £35.25The Jewish community of Egypt in modem times-now practically non-existent-consisted in part of autochthonous Jews who traced their origins to the periods of Maimonides, Philo, and even the prophet... -
Nations And States: An Enquiry Into The Origins Of Nations And The Politics Of Nationalism by Hugh Seton-Watson 9780367167684
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £41.74This book is concerned with nations and states, and only to a lesser extent with nationalism. It focuses on the activities, political aims and social composition of the nationalist elites and... -
Islam: Beliefs and Institutions H. Lammens 9781138973367
RRP: £51.99Booksplease Price: £46.49First Published in 1968. This works seeks to be neither controversial nor polemical, the author intends to present an entirely objective account of the beliefs and institutions of Islam. Lammens... -
Sufism in India and Central Asia Nasir Raza Khan 9781032373591
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £37.99Sufism in India and Central Asia is an attempt to put into perspective the relevance of Sufism - the concept and teaching, and to provide a realistic assessment of its role in India and Central Asia... -
Dagestan - History, Culture, Identity Robert Chenciner 9781032483450
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.54Dagestan - History, Culture, Identity provides an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of Dagestan, a strategically important republic of the Russian Federation which borders Chechnya, Georgia and... -
Religion, Terror and Violence: Religious Studies Perspectives Bryan Rennie 9780415442312
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £41.80September 11 and the subsequent War on Terror continues to cast a long shadow over the world. Religion, Terror and Violence brings together a group of distinguished scholars from a range of... -
Sufism in Ottoman Egypt: Circulation, Renewal and Authority in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries by Rachida Chih 9780367730451
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94This book analyses the development of Sufism in Ottoman Egypt, during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Examining the cultural, socio-economic and political backdrop against which Sufism... -
From Kavad to al-Ghazali: Religion, Law and Political Thought in the Near East, c.600-c.1100 by Patricia Crone 9781138375659
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.64This volume brings together twelve articles by Patricia Crone dealing with pre-Islamic and Islamic religion, law and political thought. The first section focuses on the centuries before Islam, with... -
Political Islam: A Critical Reader by Frederic Volpi
RRP: £59.99Booksplease Price: £54.10As the topic of political Islam gains increased visibility in international politics and current affairs, it has become more difficult to navigate the vast literature that is devoted to explaining... -
Averroes and His Philosophy Oliver Leaman 9780700706754
RRP: £65.99Booksplease Price: £58.94Despite his important stature in the history of philosophy, Averroes is a thinker whose work has been left largely unexplored in this century. It is the aim of this book to rectify this omission, and... -
African Immigrants in Contemporary Spanish Texts: Crossing the Strait by Debra Faszer-McMahon 9780367668907
RRP: £45.99Booksplease Price: £41.80Around the turn of 21st Century, Spain welcomed more than six million foreigners, many of them from various parts of the African continent. How African immigrants represent themselves and are... -
History Of Philosophy In Islam by T. J. de Boer
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £43.94This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the... -
Sufism and the Perfect Human: From Ibn 'Arabi to al-Jili Fitzroy Morrissey 9781032174273
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94Studying the history of the notion of the 'Perfect Human' (al-insan al-kamil), this book investigates a key idea in the history of Sufism. First discussed by Ibn 'Arabi and later treated in greater... -
Science and Religions in America: A New Look by Greg Cootsona 9781032102122
RRP: £23.99Booksplease Price: £21.44What is religion? What is science? How do they interact with each other? Science and Religions in America: A New Look offers a cutting-edge overview of the diverse range of religious traditions and... -
Syrian Ismailism: The Ever Living Line of the Imamate, A.D. 1100--1260 by Nasseh Ahmad Mirza 9780700705054
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £44.37This book is a welcome addition to an all too scant literature on the Ismaili communities of Syria. In addition to a wide reading of Arabic sources and a deep familiarity with the existing scholarly... -
Europe's Other: European Law Between Modernity and Post Modernity by Peter Fitzpatrick 9780367001452
RRP: £120.00Booksplease Price: £107.33First published in 1998, this volume focuses critically on the European identity of the law of the European Union, of national law and the law of human rights. It is primarily concerned with the ways... -
Islam in Tribal Societies: From the Atlas to the Indus by Akbar S. Ahmed 9780415611930
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £44.37A lively debate is currently being conducted in the social sciences around the concepts of "tribe", "segmentary societies" and "Islam in society". This wide-ranging collection by thirteen... -
Islam at the Cross Roads: A Brief Survey of the Present Position and Problems of the World of Islam De Lacy Evans O'Leary 9781138216044
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £36.28This title, first published in 1923, examines the historical development of the Islamic faith from its origins through to its position in the early twentieth century. It also examines the historical... -
World Politics since 1945 by Peter Calvocoressi 9781405899383
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £54.65"The most lucid, comprehensive, intelligent and reliable account of post-war modern history on the market." Teaching Politics "The book compels admiration for its... -
Encyclopedia of Islamic Civilisation and Religion by Ian Richard Netton 9780415560252
Booksplease Price: £62.58'The book maintains a clear objectivity about contentious topics like fundamentalism and science and women in Islam...as a desk and shelf reference work, it holds its own very well in a crowded... -
Secular and Islamic Politics in Turkey: The Making of the Justice and Development Party by Umit Cizre
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £44.37Turkey is ninty-nine per cent Muslim, its ruling party, Justice and Development Party (JDP), comes from but denies its Islamist pedigree and has a very secular feel. However, the deeply secular... -
Animal Welfare in World Religion: Teaching and Practice by Joyce D'Silva
RRP: £34.99Booksplease Price: £32.04This unique and readable book examines the relationship between religion and animal welfare, taking a detailed dive into the teachings and practices of the major world religions.While there are many... -
The Nature of Sufism: An Ontological Reading of the Mystical in Islam Milad Milani 9781032079059
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94This book explores how Sufis approach their faith as Muslims, upholding an Islamic worldview, but going about making sense of their religion through the world in which they exist, often in unexpected... -
The Global Impact of the Russian Revolution by Matthew Rendle 9780367533243
RRP: £41.99Booksplease Price: £38.37This book explores the global impact of the Russian Revolution, arguably the most influential revolution of the modern age. It explores how the Revolution influenced political movements on the... -
The Religion-Gender Nexus in Development: Policy and Practice Considerations by Nora Khalaf-Elledge 9780367632328
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £49.51This book illuminates the intersection of religion and gender within the development sector, exposing challenges in both policy and practice and suggesting implementable solutions.This book argues... -
Antisemitism In The Contemporary World by Michael Curtis 9780367155858
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £41.24Original essays by various scholars on the questions of whether there are new forms of antisemitism, whether there has been a resurgence of antisemitism in the current age, and whether critical... -
Slimming and Speedy: 100+ Quick, Easy and Tasty recipes under 600 calories by Latoyah Egerton 9781529429541
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £9.98Spend just 15 MINUTES in the kitchen for TASTY & SATISFYING MEALS under 600 caloriesSlimming has never been so easy. Discover 100+ new simple recipes which can be either prepped or cooked in just 15... -
Regional Security Structures in Asia by Ashok Kapor
RRP: £94.99Booksplease Price: £83.78Kapor argues that explanations of international relations in Asia in the post-Second World War period have relied too much on the Cold War as a key explanatory factor, and have not given enough... -
The Religion-Gender Nexus in Development: Policy and Practice Considerations Nora Khalaf-Elledge 9780367632342
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.97This book illuminates the intersection of religion and gender within the development sector, exposing challenges in both policy and practice and suggesting implementable solutions.This book argues... -
Creating a Shared Moral Community: The Building of a Mosque Congregation in London by Judy Shuttleworth 9780367529857
RRP: £38.99Booksplease Price: £35.80This book explores the religious, educational, and social practice of a Muslim congregation and the moral world it generated within a mosque in UK. The life of the mosque is described through... -
Know Thine Enemy: A Spy's Journey Into Revolutionary Iran by Edward Shirley 9780367156985
RRP: £44.99Booksplease Price: £40.94This book gives an account of Shirley's trip into Iran as a spy to provide an insight into Iranian character. It is a vivid, firsthand portrait of the clash of Western and Muslim civilizations. The... -
New European Identity and Citizenship by Remy Leveau 9781138717862
RRP: £120.00Booksplease Price: £106.11This title was first published in 2002. This study, undertaken with the support of the Ford Foundation under the scientific leadership of Khadija Mohsen-Finan, Remy Leveau and Catherine Wihtol de... -
Managing As Mission: Nonprofit Managing for Sustainable Change by Lori Heninger 9781138745391
RRP: £52.99Booksplease Price: £47.34Managing As Mission pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a nonprofit manager by making the case that managing, as a reflection of the organizational mission - the cornerstone of any nonprofit... -
Religion, Conflict and Military Intervention by Rosemary Durward 9780367740139
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £37.52For many years religion has been the neglected component of international relations and yet in an age of globalization and terrorism, religious identity has become increasingly important in the lives... -
Fifty Key Eastern Thinkers by Diane Collinson
RRP: £115.00Booksplease Price: £101.23Close analysis of the work of fifty major thinkers in the field of Eastern philosophy make this an excellent introduction to a fascinating area of study. The authors have drawn together thinkers from... -
Religious Perspectives in Modern Muslim and Jewish Literatures by Glenda Abramson
RRP: £48.99Booksplease Price: £44.37This collection brings together discussions of the way in which Muslim and Jewish beliefs and practices are represented in modern literary texts of poetry, fiction and drama. The chapters collected...