"Praise for Princeton's previous edition:"[L]ucid and engaging . . . Enlightening and challenging . . . [A] work of high-quality erudition packaged in an accessible manner which will benefit a wider readership."" - Times Literary Supplement

"This is a book of major importance for Muslims, particularly in the West."---Murad Wilfried Hofmann, Muslim World Book Review

"Praise for Princeton's previous edition:"[U]nprecedented . . . [A] truly impressive opus in content, organization, and diversity. . . . Though written for educated nonspecialists, this book has plenty of historical and contemporary wisdom and information to offer diplomats, researchers, students, journalists, and even some Islamic specialists and scholars confronting today's complex and challenging political milieu."" - Choice

"Praise for Princeton's previous edition:"[A] timely volume."" - Library Journal

"Islamic Political Thought, with its highly sophisticated yet eminently readable treatments of every major theme within the topical domain of its title, is a highly valuable contribution to the literature on Islam and politics."---Peter Mandaville, Journal of Islamic Studies

Gerhard Bowering is professor of Islamic studies at Yale University and the editor of The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought.