I can even recommend some, if you’d like. Talal Asad is always great, Samira Haj’s book discusses specifically the question of Islam and Modernity (Reconfiguring Islamic Tradition), anything by Ussam Makdisi, John Chalcraft’s The Invisible Cage, Lara Deeb’s An Enchanted Modern, Joseph Massad Colonial Effects and Desiring Arabs, Isa Blumi, Oh, of course, Edward Said is a must - it’s hard to understand the history that underlays the current conflicts without a strong grasp of the Orientalist construct.
