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Books by Ziad Elmarsafy
  | | What Postcolonial Theory Doesn't Say by Anna Bernard, Ziad Elmarsafy, Stuart Murray Paperback, Published 2018 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-138-54769-8, ISBN: 1-138-54769-7 |
 | | Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel(Reprint) (Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature EUP) by Ziad Elmarsafy Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2014 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-9585-0, ISBN: 0-7486-9585-0 "Although Sufi characters - saints, dervishes, wanderers - occur regularly in modern Arabic literature, a select group of novelists seeks to interrogate Sufism as a system of thought and language. In the work of writers like Naguib Mahfouz, Gamal Al-Ghitany, Tahar Ouettar, Ibrahim Al-Koni, Mahmud Al-Mas'adi and Tayeb Salih we see a strong intertextual relationship with the Sufi masters of the past, including Al-Hallaj, Ibn Arabi, Al-Niff ..." |
 | | Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel(1st Edition) (Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature EUP) by Ziad Elmarsafy, Rasheed El-Enany Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2012 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-4140-6, ISBN: 0-7486-4140-8 "Close readings of 9 contemporary Arab novelists who use Sufism as a literary strategy. Sufi characters - saints, dervishes, wanderers - occur regularly in modern Arabic literature. A select group of novelists interrogates Sufism as a system of thought and language. In the work of writers like Naguib Mahfouz, Gamal Al-Ghitany, Taher Ouettar, Ibrahim Al-Koni, Mahmud Al-Mas'adi and Tayeb Salih we see a strong intertextual relationship with ..." |
 | | Freedom, Slavery, and Absolutism Corneille, Pascal, Racine (Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Cultur) by Ziad Elmarsafy Hardcover, 196 Pages, Published 2003 by Bucknell Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8387-5548-8, ISBN: 0-8387-5548-8 "This book explores the concept of freedom by reading the works of Corneille, Pascal, and Racine as political theories in the guise of literature. Within this framework, a certain model quickly becomes apparent, namely that of absolute sovereignty as the guarantor of freedom. The three writers under consideration share the view that freedom is ensured only by absolute authority rather than the absence of such authority. From Corneille, w ..." |
 | | What Postcolonial Theory Doesn't Say(1st Edition) (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures) by Anna Bernard, Ziad Elmarsafy, Stuart Murray Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-0-415-85797-0, ISBN: 0-415-85797-X "This book reclaims postcolonial theory, addressing persistent limitations in the geographical, disciplinary, and methodological assumptions of its dominant formations, and emerging from an investment in the future of postcolonial studies and a commitment to its basic premise; namely the conception of particular cultural and literary articulations in relation to larger structures of colonial and imperial domination as a way of putting th ..." |
 | | Sufism in Western Literature, Art and Thought From Modernism to Postmodernism (New Directions in Religion and Literature) by Ziad Elmarsafy, Emma Mason, Mark Knight Hardcover, 192 Pages, Published 2018 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-78093-824-0, ISBN: 1-78093-824-1 "Sufism in Western Literature, Art and Thought explores the many dialogues and intersections between the language and ideas of Sufism and the key figures of 20th- and 21st-century art, literature and philosophy. Focussing on the many exchanges and the rich relationships that these intersections have created from the modernist to the postmodernist period, the book covers such writers, thinkers and artists as Jacques Derrida, Joris-Karl Hu ..." |
 | | The Enlightenment Qur'an The Politics of Translation and the Construction of Islam by Ziad Elmarsafy, Richard Elsner, Bridget Farrands Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2009 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-85168-652-0, ISBN: 1-85168-652-5 "Iconoclastic and fiercely rational, the European Enlightenment witnessed the birth of modern Western society and thought. Reason was sacrosanct and for the first time, religious belief and institutions were open to widespread criticism. In this groundbreaking book, Ziad Elmarsafy challenges this accepted wisdom to argue that religion was still hugely influential in the era. But the religion in question wasn’t Christianity it was Islam ..." |
 | | Freedom, Slavery, and Absolutism Corneille, Pascal, Racine (Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture) by Ziad Elmarsafy Hardcover, 196 Pages, Published 2003 by Bucknell University Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61148-185-3, ISBN: 1-61148-185-6 "Ziad Elmarsafy explores the concept of freedom by reading the works of Corneille, Pascal, and Racine as political theories in the guise of literature. Within this framework, a certain model quickly becomes apparent, namely that of absolute sovereignty as the guarantor of freedom. The three writers under consideration share the view that freedom is ensured only by absolute authority rather than the absence of such authority. From Corneil ..." |
 | | Debating Orientalism by Ziad Elmarsafy, Anna Bernard, David Attwell Hardcover, 279 Pages, Published 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-0-230-30352-2, ISBN: 0-230-30352-8 "To many, Edward Said's seminal 1978 work Orientalism is an enduring touchstone, a founding text of the field of postcolonial studies and a book that continues to influence debates in literary and cultural studies, Middle Eastern Studies, anthropology, art history, history and politics. To others, however, Orientalism has serious failings, not least in blaming the wrong people - namely, Orientalists - for the crimes of European imperiali ..." |
 | | Alif 41 Journal of Comparative Poetics: Literature, History, and Historiography by Ziad Elmarsafy Softcover, Published 2022 by The American University In Cairo Press ISBN-13: 978-1-64903-147-1, ISBN: 1-64903-147-5 |
 | | Esoteric Islam in Modern French Thought Massignon, Corbin, Jambet (New Directions in Religion and Literature) by Professor Ziad Elmarsafy Softcover, Published 2022 by Bloomsbury Academic ISBN-13: 978-1-350-20018-0, ISBN: 1-350-20018-2 |
 | | The Enlightenment Qur'an(Updated) The Politics of Translation and the Construction of Islam by Ziad Elmarsafy Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2009 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-85168-695-7, ISBN: 1-85168-695-9 "Charting the history of Qur'anic translations in Europe during the 18th and early 19th Centuries, Elmarsafy shows that a number of key Enlightenment figures - including Voltaire, Rousseau, Goethe, and Napoleon - drew both inspiration and ideas from the Qur'an. Controversially placing Islam at the heart of the European Enlightenment, this lucid and well-argued work is a valuable window into the interaction of East and West during this pi ..." |
 | | What Postcolonial Theory Doesn’t Say by Anna Bernard, Ziad Elmarsafy, Stuart Murray 284 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge ISBN-13: 978-1-135-09611-3, ISBN: 1-135-09611-2 "universe depicted in the book are rather transparent – the allegorical veneer is thin, and the books read more like ... In the prologue to Sweet and Sour Milk, the reader is openly provided with the key to decoding the meaning of the novel: “Is this Africa or ... Not only is the anonymous General a dictatorial figure modelled directly on Stalin, but all the instruments and ... The social fabric is torn between nationalist revivals, ..." |
 | | The Enlightenment Qur'an The Politics of Translation and the Construction of Islam by Ziad Elmarsafy Digital, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by Oneworld Publications ISBN-13: 978-1-78074-485-8, ISBN: 1-78074-485-4 "Iconoclastic and fiercely rational, the European Enlightenment witnessed the birth of modern Western society and thought. Reason was sacrosanct and for the first time, religious belief and institutions were open to widespread criticism. In this groundbreaking book, Ziad Elmarsafy challenges this accepted wisdom to argue that religion was still hugely influential in the era. But the religion in question wasn't Christianity  it was Isla ..." |
 | | Debating Orientalism by Anna Bernard, David Attwell, Ziad Elmarsafy Digital, 288 Pages, Published 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-34111-2, ISBN: 1-137-34111-4 "To many, Edward Said's seminal 1978 work Orientalism is an enduring touchstone, a founding text of the field of postcolonial studies and a book that continues to influence debates in literary and cultural studies, Middle Eastern Studies, anthropology, art history, history and politics. To others, however, Orientalism has serious failings, not least in blaming the wrong people - namely, Orientalists - for the crimes of European imperiali ..." |
 | | Debating Orientalism by Ziad Elmarsafy, Anna Bernard, David Attwell 288 Pages, Published 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-24549-6, ISBN: 1-137-24549-2 "Debating Orientalism addresses the book's contemporary relevance without lionizing or demonizing its author." |
 | | Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel by Ziad Elmarsafy 256 Pages, Published 2012 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-5564-9, ISBN: 0-7486-5564-6 "The unusual origins of Dau al-Beit are renewed in his grandson, who appears quite suddenly, 'as if he had descended suddenly from heaven, or as if he had emerged from the earth when it opened up, or come out of the Nile, a fully- developed person'.40 Dau al-Beit's foreign origin reappears in Bilal's strange accent. No one remembers Bilal as a child; the first memory the villagers have of him is as a fully formed young man following ..." |
 | | Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel by Ziad Elmarsafy 256 Pages, Published 2012 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-5566-3, ISBN: 0-7486-5566-2 "The conversation with the narrator confirms the limits of reason. Ludwig Wittgenstein ... The passage reinvokes the language of hospitality and the reception of the Other; the narrator literally receives memories and more' when he passes by the takiyya: J. : : 3) – ' ) J3-I, s , s S. Jä", * * * *śll sile Gill £482- ... The translations of Hafez in this chapter are taken with some liberties and modifications from Henry Wilberforce C ..." |
 | | Debating Orientalism 2013(1st Edition) by Z. Elmarsafy, A. Bernard, D. Attwell, Anna Bernard, Ziad Elmarsafy Paperback, 284 Pages, Published 2013 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-349-33817-7, ISBN: 1-349-33817-6 "Edward Said continues to fascinate and stir controversy, nowhere more than with his classic work Orientalism. Debating Orientalism brings a rare mix of perspectives to an ongoing polemic. Contributors from a range of disciplines take stock of the book's impact and appraise its significance in contemporary cultural politics and philosophy." |
 | | Lafayette in America, 1777-1783(1st Edition) by Louis Reichenthal Gottschalk, Ziad Elmarsafy Hardcover, 458 Pages, Published 1975 by L'esprit De Lafayette Society ISBN-13: 978-1-299-10572-0, ISBN: 1-299-10572-6 "Substantial hard cover 9-1/4" by 6" bound in brown buffalo leather with gold lettering and decoration." |
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