Robert Mankin

This book studies the phenomenon of "cultural transfer" via a gallery of case studies from Europe’s early modernity. Perhaps its most original feature is to relate the European phenomenon to events in Europe’s "East" (Central Europe) and developing practices of European Orientalism in the Middle East and India.

The Internationalization of Intellectual Exchange in a Globalizing Europe, 1636–1780

Edmund Burke

Published in 1974, Marshall Hodgson's The Venture of Islam was a watershed moment in the study of Islam. By locating the history of Islamic societies in a global perspective, Hodgson challenged the orientalist paradigms that had stunted the development of Islamic studies and provided an alternative approach to world history. Edited by Edmund Burke III and Robert Mankin, Islam and World History explores the complexity of Hodgson's thought, the daring of his ideas, and the global context of his world historical insights into, among other themes, Islam and world history, gender in Islam, and the problem of Muslim universality. In our post-9/11 world, Hodgson's historical vision and moral engagement have never been more relevant. A towering achievement, Islam and World History will prove to be the definitive statement on Hodgson's relevance in the twenty-first century and will introduce his influential work to a new generation of readers.

Robert Mankin

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