Jörg Matthias Determann. Islam, Science Fiction and Extraterrestrial Life: The Culture of Astrobiology in the Muslim World. I. B. Tauris, London, 2021: Jörg Matthias Determann. Space Science and the Arab World: Astronauts, Observatories and Nationalism in the Middle East. I. B. Tauris, London, 2018. Issue 2 (19th January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stenberg, Leif
• Is Part Of: Cyber Orient. Volume 15:Issue 2(2021)
• Page Start: 100
• Page End: 105
• Publication Date: 2022-01-19
• Subjects: Islam -- Muslim -- Arab -- science -- science fiction -- astrobiology -- interpretations of Islam -- extraterrestrial life -- nationalism -- history and modernity; Digital media -- Middle East -- Periodicals; Digital media -- Arab countries -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Middle East -- Periodicals; Mass media -- Arab countries -- Periodicals; Middle East -- Civilization -- Periodicals; 306.0956
• DOI: 10.1002/cyo2.19
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1804-3194

Abstract

Abstract: This review discusses two books by Jörg Mathias Determann. The books explore space science in the Arab world and Islam, science fiction and extraterrestrial life in the Muslim world. Both are detailed accounts, and they place their respective subjects in a historical context. The books also present and analyse topics such as science, science fiction, and astrobiology, which are rarely the focus of scholars of the so‐called Arab and Muslim worlds. Hence, the books are important. They contribute to a broadening of the fields studying Islam, Muslims, and the Middle East by highlighting themes that require scholarly analysis.