Bernard Lewis is Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University.
Preface
ix
PART I The Western Approaches
The Study of Islam
3
(22)
Some English Travelers in the East
25
(18)
The Decolonization of History
43
(6)
On Writing the Modern History of the Middle East
49
(12)
On Nationalism and Revolution
61
(6)
Slade on Turkey
67
(20)
PART II Muslim History and Historians
Sources for the Economic History of the Middle East
87
(16)
In Search of Islam's Past
103
(12)
The Use by Muslim Historians of Non-Muslim Sources
115
(14)
The Cult of Spain and the Turkish Romantics
129
(8)
PART III Muslims and Jews
The Pro-Islamic Jews
137
(16)
Palestine: On the History and Geography of a Name
153
(14)
An Ode against the Jews
167
(8)
The Sultan, the King, and the Jewish Doctor
175
(14)
PART IV Turks and Tatars
The Mongols, the Turks, and the Muslim Polity
189
(20)
Ottoman Observers of Ottoman Decline
209
(14)
The Ottoman Empire and Its Aftermath
223
(10)
Ibn Khaldun in Turkey
233
(6)
PART V In Black and White
Corsairs in Iceland
239
(8)
The Crows of the Arabs
247
(14)
PART VI History and Revolution
State and Society under Islam
261
(14)
The Significance of Heresy in Islam
275
(20)
The Revolutions in Early Islam
295
(16)
Islamic Concepts of Revolution
311
(12)
PART VII New Ideas
The Idea of Freedom in Modern Islamic Political Thought
323
(14)
On Modern Arabic Political Terms
337
(8)
Islam and Development: The Revaluation of Values
345
(16)
PART VIII New Events
Behind the Rushdie Affair
361
(14)
The Egyptian Murder Case
375
(14)
How Khomeini Made It
389
(8)
The Revolt of Islam
397
(8)
The Middle East Crisis in Historical Perspective
405
(16)
Notes
421
(38)
Sources
459
(4)
Index
463
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