Alexander Knysh

978 total citations
31 papers, 308 citations indexed

About

Alexander Knysh is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Knysh has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 308 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Alexander Knysh's work include Islamic Studies and History (24 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (15 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (7 papers). Alexander Knysh is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (24 papers), Education and Islamic Studies (15 papers) and Historical and Linguistic Studies (7 papers). Alexander Knysh collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Russia. Alexander Knysh's co-authors include Michel Chodkiewicz, Wilferd Madelung, Engseng Ho, M. de Jonge, Peter Riddell, William Gervase Clarence‐Smith, Syed Farid Alatas, Stephen F. Dale, Azyumardi Azra and Sumit K. Mandal and has published in prestigious journals such as Comparative Studies in Society and History, Journal of the American Oriental Society and Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Knysh

26 papers receiving 223 citations

Peers

Alexander Knysh
Sherman A. Jackson United States
Farhad Daftary Iran
Tarīf Khālidī Lebanon
Ali S. Asani United States
Julia Day Howell Australia
Werner Ende
Abdulkader Tayob South Africa
Markus Dreßler Germany
Mohammed Arkoun France
Roy P. Mottahedeh United States
Sherman A. Jackson United States
Alexander Knysh
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Knysh, Alexander. (2024). Islam in Historical Perspective.
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Knysh, Alexander. (2022). Studying Sufism in Russia: From Ideology to Scholarship and Back. Der Islam. 99(1). 187–231.
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Knysh, Alexander. (2020). Tasting, Drinking and Quenching Thirst: From Mystical Experience to Mystical Gnoseology. 26(2). 37–43. 1 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander, et al.. (2019). The role of religious literacy in counteracting new islamist movements in Kazakhstan. Central Asia and the Caucasus. 20(1). 88–97. 2 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (2018). Sufism. Princeton University Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (2017). Sufism. Princeton University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Yudin, Dmitry & Alexander Knysh. (2017). Vehicle recognition and its trajectory registration on the image sequence using deep convolutional neural network. 521. 435–441. 1 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (2014). Nile Green, Sufism: A Global History. Chichester, West Sussex and Malden, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012, ISBN: 9781405157650; pp. xxi + 263.. Comparative Studies in Society and History. 56(2). 546–548. 1 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (2012). Islam and Arabic as the Rhetoric of Insurgency: The Case of the Caucasus Emirate. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism. 35(4). 315–337. 9 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander, et al.. (2012). Dreams and Visions in Islamic Societies. State University of New York Press eBooks. 7 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (2004). “A Clear and Present Danger: ‘Wahhabism’ as a Rhetorical Foil,” Die Welt des Islams;. Die Welt des Islams. 2 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (2004). A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER: "WAHHABISM" AS A RHETORICAL FOIL. Die Welt des Islams. 44(1). 3–26. 20 indexed citations
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Govorkov, Sergei V., et al.. (2004). Sub-0.25-pm 50-W amplified excimer laser system for 193-nm lithography. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 5377. 1787–1787. 1 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (2002). SUFISM AS AN EXPLANATORY PARADIGM: THE ISSUE OF THE MOTIVATIONS OF SUFI RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS IN WESTERN AND RUSSIAN SCHOLARSHIP. Die Welt des Islams. 42(2). 139–173. 18 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (2001). The Tariqa on a landcruiser : The resurgence of Sufism in Yemen. The Middle East Journal. 55(3). 399–414. 9 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (1999). The Sāda in History: A critical essay on Ḥaḍramī historiography. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 9(2). 215–222. 3 indexed citations
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Alatas, Syed Farid, Azyumardi Azra, William Gervase Clarence‐Smith, et al.. (1997). Hadhrami Traders, Scholars and Statesmen in the Indian Ocean, 1750s-1960s. 64 indexed citations
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Knysh, Alexander. (1996). SUFI MOTIFS IN CONTEMPORARY ARABIC LITERATURE: THE CASE OF IBN 'ARAB?. The Muslim World. 86(1). 33–49. 1 indexed citations

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