Department of History
Bashiri
HIST 3546 / GLOS 3643
/RELS 3714
Islam and the West
Book Reports List
The following
books have the instructor's approval for Book Reports. If you choose one of
these books, you do not need to discuss your choice with the instructor before
you write your report. If the book that you have chosen is not on this
list, make sure that you secure the instructor's approval before writing
your report.
Abisaab, Rula Jurdi. Converting
Abrahamian, Ervand.
Ahmed, Ishtiaq. The Concept of an
Islamic State: An Analysis of the Ideological Controversy in
Ahmed, Leila. Women and Gender in
Islam,
Ahmed, Rashid. The Resurgence of
Ahmed, Rashid (2002). Jihad: The
Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia,
Aitmatov, Chinghiz, The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years (tr. John French).
Ali, Tariq (2000). The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity, Verso, 2002.
Amanat, Abbas (ed.). Taj
al-Saltana Crowning Anguish: Memoirs of a Persian Princess from the Harem to
Modernity, Mage Publishers, 1993.
Arberry, A. J. Aspects of Islamic
Civilization, The
Azari, Farah, ed., Women of
Akhavi, Shahrough. Religion and
Politics in Contemporary
Akinaer, Shirin. Cultural Change
and Continuity in
Ali, Tariq (2000). The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity, Verso, 2002.
Allworth, Edward.
Allworth, Edward. The Modern Uzbeks, Hoover Institute Press, 1990.
Bacon, Elizabeth E. Central Asia
Under Russian Rule,
Barber, Benjamin J. Jihad vs. McWorld: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy, Ballantine Books, 1995 & 2001.
Barth, Fredrik, Nomads of South
Persia,
Barthold, V.
Bashiri, Iraj. Ancient
Bashiri, Iraj. Modern Iranian Philosophy: Ibn Sina to
Mulla Sadra Shirazi, Cognella Publishers, 2014.
Beck, Lois. Nomad: A Year in the
Life of a Qashqa'i Tribesman in
Beeman, William O. The
"Great Satan vs. The "Mad Mullahs": How the
Bennigsen, Alexandre and S. Enders Wimbush. Muslims of the Soviet Empire, 1986.
Blanch, Lesley. The Sabers of
Bodansky, Yossef. Bin Laden: The
Man Who Declared War on
Boyce, Mary. A History of Zoroastrianism, vol. 1. Hague: E. J. Brille, 1975.
Bradsher, Henry S. Afghanistan and the Soviet Union, Duke Press Policy Studies, Duke University Press, 1983.
Chambers, James. The Devil's
Horsemen: The Mongol Invasion of Europe,
Cohen, S., et al.
Cole, Juan R. I. And Nikki R. Keddie
(eds). Shi'ism and Social Protest,
Daniels, Robert V. Soviet Communism from Reform to Collapse, D. C. Heath and Co., 1995.
Diuk, Nadia and Adrian Karatnycky. New
Nations Rising: The Fall of the Soviets and the Challenge of
Djait, Hichem. Europe and Islam:
Cultures and Modernity,
Dupree, Louis.
Engels, Donald W. Alexander the
Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army,
Enloe, Cynthia (1989). Bananas,
Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics, U of
Esposito, John L. (1991). Islam:
The Straight Path, NY:
Fakhry, Majid. The Spread of Islam, Elsevier Publishing, 1976.
Fakhry, Majid. A History of
Islamic Philosophy,
Farah, Caesar. Islam: Beliefs and Observances, Barron's Educational Series, 1992
Fernea, Elizabeth W. and Basima
Qattan Bezirgan (eds.), Middle Eastern Muslim Women Speak, U of
Fernea, Elizabeth W. ed., Women
and the Family in the Middle East: New Voices of Change, U of
Friedl, Erika, Women of Deh Koh:
Lives in an
Green, Peter. Xerxes at
Gross. Jo Ann, ed., Muslims in
Grousset, Rene. The Empire of the
Steppe,
Haeri, Shahla, Law of Desire:
Temporary Marriage in Shi'i
Hambly, Gavin (ed.).
Hanifi, M. Jamil. Islam and the Transformation of Culture, Asia Publishing House, Inc., 1970.
Heissig, Walther. The Religions of
the Mongols,
Hiro, Dilip. Between Marx and Muhammad, Harper Collins, 1994.
Hiro, Dilip. Islamic Fundamentalism, Paladin Grafton, 1988
Hitti, Philip K. History of the
Arabs,
Hunter, Shireen T. (ed.). Islam,
Hunter, Shireen T. The Future of Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Peaceful Coexistence?, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Praeger, 1998.
Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, 1996.
Hussain, Asaf. Political Perspectives
on the Muslim World,
Ismael, Tareq Y. Iraq and
Ismael, Tareq Y. and Jacqueline S.
Ismael. Government and Politics in Islam,
Kennedy, Hugh. The
Prophet and the Age of Caliphate: The Islamic
Kepel, Gilles. Jihad: The Trail of
Political Islam,
Khalil, al-, Jim. The
House of Wisdom: How Arabic Science Saved Ancient Knowledge and Gave Us the
Renaissance, Penguin Books, 2010.
Khatab, Sayed. The Political Thought of Sayyid Qutb: The
Theory of Jahiliyyah, Routledge, 2006.
Kirk, G. S, et al., The
Presocratic Philosophers,
Knobloch, Edgar. Beyond the Oxus: Archaeology,
Art and Architecture of Central Asia,
Knowles, David. The Evolution of Medieval Thought, Longman Group Ltd., 1962.
Lahoud, Nelly. Political
Thought in Islam: A Study in Intellectual Boundaries, RoutledgeCurzon,
2005.
Landen, Robert G. The Emergence of the Modern Middle East, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1970.
Lapidus, Gail W.: Women in Soviet
Society: Equality, Development and Social Change,
Levin, Mark R. Ameritopa:
The Unmaking of
Levtzion, Nehemiah and John O. Voll. Eighteenth-Century
Renewal and Reform in Islam,
Lewis, Bernard. What Went Wrong?,
Lewis, David Levering. God's
Crucible: Islam and the Making of
Kwanten, Luc. Imperial Nomads: A
History of Central Asia, 500-1500,
Maillart, Ella K. Turkistan Solo
(One Woman's Expedition from Tien Shan to Kizil Kum), G. P. Putnam's Sons,
Mandelbaum, Michael.
Manji, Irshad. The Trouble With
Islam,
Mansfield, Peter. The History of the
Manz, Beatrice F., ed. Central
Asia in Historical Perspective,
Margolis, Eric S. War at the Top of the World, Routledge, 2001.
Marx, Karl and Friedrich Engels. The Communist Manifesto, with an Introduction by A.J.P. Taylor, Penguin Classics, 1967.
Massell, Gregory J. The Surrogate
Proletariat,
Miles, Jack. God: A Biography, Vintage Books,1996.
Mohaddessin, Mohammad. Islamic Fundamentalism: The New Global Threat, Seven Locks Press, 1993.
More, Sir Thomas, Utopia, Penguin Classics, 1965.
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines, Shambhala, 1978.
Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. The
Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity, HarperCollins Publishers,
2004.
Nicholson, Reynold A. The Mystics of Islam: An Introduction to Sufism, Schocken Books, 1975.
Nielsen, Jorgen. Muslims
in Western Europe,
Olcott, Martha Brill. The Kazakhs, Hoover Institute Press, 1987.
Olmstead, A. T. History of the
Persian Empire,
Orwell, George: Animal Farm,
Peter, Ferdinad. The New States of
Central Asia and Their Neighbors, Council on Foreign Relations Press,
The
Rashid, Ahmed. Jihad: The Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia,
Rodinson, Maxime. Islam
and Capitalism, Pantheon Books, 1973.
Rogers, Michael. The Spread of Islam, Elsevier Publishing, 1976.
Rywkin, Michael.
Said, Edward W.. Orientalism, Vintage Books, 1978.
Said, Edward W. Covering Islam, Pantheon Books, 1981.
Sarkisyanz, Manuel . "Russian Conquest in Central Asia: Transformation and Acculturation," in Russia and Asia, Stanford: Hoover Institute Press, 1972.
Schimmel, Annemarie (1975) Mystical Dimensions of Islam, University of North Carolina Press.
Shayegan, Daryush. Cultural Schizophrenia, (tr. by John Howe), Saqi Books, 1992.
Silfen, Paul Harrison, The Influence of the Mongols on Russia: A Dimensional History, New York, Exposition Press, 1974.
Smith, Hedrick. The New Russians, Random house, New York, 1990.
Smith, Jane I. Islam in America, Colombia University Press, 1999.
Spuler, Bertold. History of the Mongols, Dorset Press, 1968.
Stites, Richard. The Women's
Liberation Movement in
Twining, David T. The New Eurasia:
A Guide to the Republics of the Former
Watt, W. M. Islamic Philosophy and
Theology,
Watt, W. M. Islamic Political
Thought,
Watt, W. M. The Influence of Islam
on Medieval Europe,
Wheeler, Geoffrey. Racial Problems
in Soviet Muslim Asia,
Williams, John Alden. Themes of
Islamic Civilization,
Zaehner, R. C. The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1961 & 1975.