January 2014 Academic & Specialist Islamic Studies

Exploring Muslim Contexts

Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts: Perspectives from the Past edited by Derryl N. MacLean, Sikeena Karmali Ahmed

Exploring Muslim Contexts

Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts: Perspectives from the Past
edited by Derryl N. MacLean, Sikeena Karmali Ahmed


Cosmopolitanism is a key concept in social and political thought, standing in opposition to closed human group ideologies such as tribalism, nationalism and fundamentalism. Recent discussions of it have been situated within Western self-perceptions. Now, this volume explores it from Muslim perspectives.