Islam: The View from the Edge hayy ibn yaqzan The Crisis of the Negro

The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual electrified a generation of activists and intellectuals

This collection of essays

Ian Morris

in dialogue with its audience

Islam: The View from the Edge hayy ibn yaqzan The Crisis of the NegroBulliet abandons the historian's habit of viewing Islamic history "from the center," that is, focusing on the rise and fall of imperial dynasties. Instead, he derives an understanding of how and why Islam becameand continues to beso rooted in the social structure of the vast majority of people who lived far from the political locus and did not see the caliphate as essential in their lives. Author: Richard W. Bulliet Binding: Paperback