Asma Afsaruddin
Autor de The First Muslims: History and Memory
Sobre El Autor
Asma Afsaruddin is Professor of Islamic Studies in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures in the School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. She is the author and/or editor of seven books, including Striving in the Path of God: Jihad and Martyrdom mostrar más in Islamic Thought (2013) and The First Muslims: History and Memory (2008). She was named a Carnegie Scholar in 2005. mostrar menos
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- 9
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- 78
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- 4.0
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- 23
That said, the book's main pitfall is one that it cannot avoid; given that there is a considerable conflation between the religious and the political, the book has to devote time, energy, and ink to properly separating the two, and it has to re-frame the narrative constantly to prevent the reader from making errors. Thus, my critique of the book is more the critique of the reader, (and also since things are changing constantly so "contemporary" isn't a great label in hindsight). Otherwise, it serves as a good textbook.… (más)