Highlight of the Month: Die Kultur der Ambiguität by Thomas Bauer

»This turns out to be one of the best books about Islam in ages and is set to become a classic of cultural studies on par with Edward Said’s Orientalism.« Stefan Weidner, Süddeutsche Zeitung

Since its publication, Die Kultur der Ambiguität by Thomas Bauer has received a lot of praise. Now he has been awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2013, the most important research award in Germany.

The jury states: »Thomas Bauer is an Islamic studies scholar who has combined the philological interpretation and editing of texts with an approach that is as broad as it is innovative, taking in historical considerations relating to culture and mentality, making his work potentially unique in the world. [...] In a pioneering monograph, Bauer demonstrated that for many centuries Islam exhibited a marked openness for diversity and for a plurality of cultural discourses and actions, differing from the West''s ancient and medieval traditions, and in contrast to the current reality in Islamic countries. These observations were met with enthusiasm among experts and journalists and are considered to be an important contribution to intercultural understanding beyond the academic context.«

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