Examines the continuing relevance of early British sociologists Victor Branford, Patrick Geddes, and their associates.

Examines the politics of civil society in modern Lebanon.

Comparative study of Islam and the rule of law in Egypt and Iran.

Examines the preservation of the integrity of humanity through literature in the hells described by Dante in his Inferno and by Primo Levi in Survival in Auschwitz.

A fascinating look at the lives, culture, and religious and ritual observance of three generations of Iranian Jewish women in the United States.

This catalogue introduces readers to Malian photographers Malick Sidibé and Seydou Keïta and others whose images visualize an influential form of post-colonial African identity.

Contemporary life in Mali is recorded in full color documentary photographs by François Deschamps.

Unearths the history of the Naqshbandiyya, one of the most widespread and enduring Sufi brotherhoods.

Analyzes the literary representations of women in Salvadoran and US-Salvadoran narratives since 1980.

An exploration of John Dee’s Enochian magic of angel contact, its reinterpretation over the years, and its endurance to the present day.

A wide-ranging consideration of the place of dreams and visions in Islamic societies from the pre-modern period to the present.

Translations of the forewords and afterwords by original fairy tale authors and commentaries by their contemporaries, material that has not been widely published in English.

Traces the emergence of creative texts focusing on the nineteenth-century slave trade to make sense of the radicalized effects of global capitalism.

Argues that South Africa’s apartheid system of racial segregation relied on an unexamined but interrelated system of sexed oppression that was at once both rigid and flexible.

Renowned scholar William C. Chittick explores the worldview of Islam in a series of essays written over thirty-six years.

Offers a new interpretation of medieval Islamic philosophy, one informed by Platonic mysticism.

A critique of the modern receptions of Islamic Peripatetic philosophy and a validation of the importance of Islamic philosophy for modern philosophy

Explores the work of beloved Sufi poet Umar Ibn al-Farid and its context. Provides many translations of Ibn al-Farid’s poetry.

Multidisciplinary study of the citrus industry in Palestine before World War II.

Interdisciplinary celebration of the cultural contributions of members of the African Diaspora in the Western hemisphere.

A renowned authority on East Africa examines the effects of witchcraft beliefs on African culture, politics, and family life.

A guide to the important but half-forgotten chapters of New York State’s French history.

Chronicles how the SED, a once villified political party, transformed itself into a viable national political party.

The development of early Islamic mysticism and metaphysics is presented through the life and work of theologian Abu Bakr al-Wasiti.

First English translation of Nasio's groundbreaking work on the Oedipus complex.