LOST IN THE SACRED : Why the Muslim World Stood Still / by Diner, Dan, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Acceleration or deceleration -- Law and history -- Cyclical vs linear time -- Ibn Khaldun and Giambattista Vico -- Past utopias and future worlds -- Islam and Judaism -- Leo Strauss and Moses Maimonides -- Dual law and dual time -- Muhammad Asad and Moses Mendelssohn -- Law of the land and secularization.…”