Lost Enlightenment. Central Asia’s Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane, by S. Frederick Starr

Authors

  • Susanne Olsson Stockholm University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.v8i1-2.211

Keywords:

Islam and science, silk road, central Asia, Islam and philosophy, revisionism

Abstract

Lost Enlightenment. Central Asia’s Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane, by S. Frederick Starr. Princeton University Press, 2013. 696pp., 29 color illustrations, 48 halftones, 2 maps. Hb. $39.50/£27.95. ISBN-13: 9780691157733.

Author Biography

  • Susanne Olsson, Stockholm University

    Susanne Olsson is associate professor with a Ph.D. in the History of religions from Uppsala University. She works at Stockholm University in the History of religions. Her fields of research mainly concerns contemporary Islamic interpretations, with a focus on Egypt and Western Europe. Preaching Islamic Revival: Amr Khaled, Mass Media and Social Change in Egypt is to be published during 2014 (I.B. Tauris).

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Published

2014-07-08

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1-2 (2012)

Section

Book Reviews

License

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How to Cite

Olsson, S. (2014). Lost Enlightenment. Central Asia’s Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane, by S. Frederick Starr. Comparative Islamic Studies, 8(1-2), 211-213. https://doi.org/10.1558/cis.v8i1-2.211