Islam in History and Society is a translation of Malek Benabi's Vocation de I'lslam. It was written in 1949, but published in 1954, just on the eve of the Algerian Revolution. The look, probably the most important of Bennabi's writings, present an incisive and original analysis of the crisis facing the Muslim as well as the Western world.
Buku ini tidak sekadar mengungkapkan sisi lain sejarah yang sengaja dilupakan, melainkan juga memberi pengayaan sudut pandang islami dan apresiasi bahwa eksistensi Negera Islam Indonesia tidaklah sesadis "opini sejarah" yang sengaja dipolitisasi seperti dapat dibaca pada buku-buku pelajaraan sejarah di sekolah.