art, academic and non-fiction books
publishers’ Eastern and Central European representation

Name your list

Log in / Sign in

ta strona jest nieczynna, ale zapraszamy serdecznie na stronę www.obibook.com /// this website is closed but we cordially invite you to visit www.obibook.com

Islam and World History The Ventures of Marshall Hodgson
ISBN: PB: 9780226584782, ISBN: HB: 9780226584645, University of Chicago Press, November 2018
192 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 1 halftone
Published in 1974, Marshall Hodgson's "The Venture of Islam" was a watershed moment in the study of Islam. By locating the history of Islamic societies in a global perspective, Hodgson challenged the orientalist paradigms that had stunted the develop...
PB:
£21,00
QTY:
HB:
£62,00
QTY:
War and Peace in Somalia National Grievances, Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab
ISBN: PB: 9781787380189, Hurst Publishers, November 2018
480 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! For the last thirty years Somalia has experienced violence and upheaval. Today, the international effort to help Somalis build a federal state and achieve stability is challenged by deep-rooted grievances, local conflicts and a...
PB:
£25,00
QTY:
Beyond Debt Islamic Experiments in Global Finance
ISBN: PB: 9780226552088, ISBN: HB: 9780226551920, University of Chicago Press, October 2018
288 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 18 halftones
Recent economic crises have made the centrality of debt, and the instability it creates, increasingly apparent. This realization has led to cries for change – yet there is little popular awareness of possible alternatives. "Beyond Debt" describes e...
PB:
£19,00
QTY:
HB:
£57,00
QTY:
Critical Muslim, Volume 28 Narratives
ISBN: PB: 9781787380219, Hurst Publishers, October 2018
256 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! How do we communicate meaning in the age of fake news? What is the difference between narrative and information; between ideology and political narrative; between "narrative fiction" and a story? Will the narration continue for...
PB:
£14,99
QTY:
Islam in Central Asia and the Caucasus Since the Fall of the Soviet Union
ISBN: HB: 9781849049689, Hurst Publishers, October 2018
248 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! With the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, a major turning point in all former Soviet republics, Central Asian and Caucasian countries began to reflect on their history and identities. As a consequence of their opening up to the...
HB:
£45,00
QTY:
"Infidel Within" Muslims in Britain Since 1800
ISBN: PB: 9781849049474, Hurst Publishers, September 2018
456 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! Muslims constitute Britain's second largest religious grouping, and writing about their experiences has found a new audience in recent years – though not always through a positive lens. But a proper historical treatment of thei...
PB:
£14,99
QTY:
Myanmar's "Rohingya" Conflict
ISBN: PB: 9781849049047, Hurst Publishers, September 2018
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! The plight of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims has made global headlines in recent years. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, amidst serious allegations of genocide, ethnic cleansing and crimes against...
PB:
£20,00
QTY:
Political Islam in Tunisia The History of Ennahda
ISBN: PB: 9781787380332, ISBN: HB: 9781849048262, Hurst Publishers, September 2018
304 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! "Political Islam in Tunisia" uncovers the secret history of Tunisia's main Islamist movement, Al-Nahda, from its origins in the 1960s to the present. Banned until the popular uprisings of 2010-2011 and the overthrow of Ben Ali'...
PB:
£18,99
QTY:
HB:
£30,00
QTY:
Burying Jihadis Bodies Between State, Territory, and Identity
ISBN: HB: 9781849048859, Hurst Publishers, August 2018
288 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! What should states do with the bodies of suicide bombers and other jihadists who die while perpetrating terrorist attacks? This original and unsettling book explores the host of ethical and political questions raised by this di...
HB:
£30,00
QTY:
Islamic State in Khorasan Afghanistan, Pakistan and the New Central Asian Jihad
ISBN: HB: 9781849049641, Hurst Publishers, August 2018
296 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
For sale in CIS only! So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran and India) in 2014. Reports of its presence were at first dismissed as propaganda, but during 2015 it became clear tha...
HB:
£35,00
QTY: