Download or read book The Life and Times of Sul n Ma m d of G h azna written by Muḥammad Nāẓim and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1931 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Religion Language and Power written by Nile Green and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-07-15 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion, Language and Power shows that the language of ‘religion’ is far from neutral, and that the packaging and naming of what English speakers call ‘religious’ groups or identities is imbued with the play of power. Religious Studies has all too often served to amplify voices from other centers of power, whether scripturalist or otherwise normative and dominant. This book’s de-centering of English classifications goes beyond the remit of most postcolonial studies in that it explores the classifications used in a range of languages — including Arabic, Sanskrit, Chinese, Greek and English — to achieve a comparative survey of the roles of language and power in the making of ‘religion’ . In contextualizing these uses of language, the ten contributors explore how labels are either imposed or emerge interactively through discursive struggles between dominant and marginal groups. In dealing with the interplay of religion, language and power, there is no other book with the breadth of this volume.
Download or read book The Contemplative Soul written by Adena Tanenbaum and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2002-11-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Andalusian Jewish poets introduced philosophical theories into their devotional verse. This study explores the impact of their rich intellectual and cultural life on their Hebrew poems devoted to the soul.
Download or read book The Life and Times of Sultan Mahmud of Ghazna written by Muhammad Nazim and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1931, this book presents a historical account regarding the life and times of Mahmud of Ghazni. Detailed information is given on Mahmud's seventeen expeditions into northwestern India, with a particular emphasis on their geographical setting. Additional sections discuss the context of his rise to power, his administrative systems and perceptions of his character. Comprehensive notes are included throughout, together with extensive appendices, incorporating a chronological summary and a bibliography. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Islamic history and Mahmud of Ghazni.
Download or read book Discourses of Rumi written by A.J Arberry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the 1961 classic study of the discourses of the founder of the order of Whirling Dervishes.
Download or read book The Life of Al Ghazz l written by Duncan Black Macdonald and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Science Volume 2 Medieval Science written by David C. Lindberg and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume in the highly respected Cambridge History of Science series is devoted to the history of science in the Middle Ages from the North Atlantic to the Indus Valley. Medieval science was once universally dismissed as non-existent - and sometimes it still is. This volume reveals the diversity of goals, contexts and accomplishments in the study of nature during the Middle Ages. Organized by topic and culture, its essays by distinguished scholars offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of medieval science currently available. Intended to provide a balanced and inclusive treatment of the medieval world, contributors consider scientific learning and advancement in the cultures associated with the Arabic, Greek, Latin and Hebrew languages. Scientists, historians and other curious readers will all gain a new appreciation for the study of nature during an era that is often misunderstood.
Download or read book Passion for History written by Natalie Zemon Davis and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-01-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pathbreaking work of renowned historian Natalie Zemon Davis has added profoundly to our understanding of early modern society and culture. She rescues men and women from oblivion using her unique combination of rich imagination, keen intelligence, and archival sleuthing to uncover the past. Davis brings to life a dazzling cast of extraordinary people, revealing their thoughts, emotions, and choices in the world in which they lived. Thanks to Davis we can meet the impostor Arnaud du Tilh in her classic, The Return of Martin Guerre, follow three remarkable lives in Women on the Margins, and journey alongside a traveler and scholar in Trickster Travels as he moves between the Muslim and Christian worlds. In these conversations with Denis Crouzet, professor of history at the Sorbonne and well-known specialist on the French Wars of Religion, Natalie Zemon Davis examines the practices of history and controversies in historical method. Their discussion reveals how Davis has always pursued the thrill and joy of discovery through historical research. Her quest is influenced by growing up Jewish in the Midwest as a descendant of emigrants from Eastern Europe. She recounts how her own life as a citizen, a woman, and a scholar compels her to ceaselessly examine and transcend received opinions and certitudes. Davis reminds the reader of the broad possibilities to be found by studying the lives of those who came before us, and teaches us how to give voice to what was once silent.
Download or read book Papyrology And The History Of Early Islamic Egypt written by Petra A. Sijpesteijn and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection includes editions of previously unpublished Greek, Coptic, and Arabic documents, historical and linguistic studies making use of documentary evidence and literary papyri, and an introduction to papyrology and its relevance for the study of early Islamic Egypt.
Download or read book The Unveiling of Secrets Kashf al Asr r written by Firoozeh Papan-Matin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-10-11 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique case in the genre of Islamic autobiographies, this text depicts the life of Rūzbihān al-Baqlī (d. 1209) through his mystical visions as he appears in the unseen world (ʿālam al-ghayb) in the company of God, saints, prophets, and angels.
Download or read book Trajectories of Education in the Arab World written by Osama Abi-Mershed and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trajectories of Education in the Arab World gives a broad yet detailed historical and geographical overview of education in Arab countries. Drawing on pre-modern and modern educational concepts, systems, and practices in the Arab world, this book examines the impact of Western cultural influence, the opportunities for reform and the sustainability of current initiatives. The contributors bring together analyses and case studies of educational standards and structures in the Arab world, from the classical Islamic period to contemporary local and international efforts to re-define the changing needs and purposes of Arab education in the contexts of modernization, multiculturalism, and globalization. Taking a thematic and chronological approach, the first section contrasts the traditional notions, approaches, and standards of education with the changes that were initiated or imposed by European influences in the nineteenth century. The chapters then focus on the role of modern state-based educational systems in constructing and preserving national identities, cultures, and citizenries and concentrates on the role of education in state-formation and the reproduction of socio-political hierarchies. The success of educational reforms and policy-making is then assessed, offering perspectives on future trends and prospects for generating institutional and organizational change. This book will be of interest to graduate and postgraduate students and scholars of education, history, Arab and Islamic history and the Middle East and North Africa.
Download or read book Buddhism in Iran written by M. Vaziri and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the interactions of the Buddhist world with the dominant cultures of Iran in pre- and post-Islamic times, Vaziri demonstrates that the traces and cross-influences of Buddhism have brought the material and spiritual culture of Iran to its present state even after the term was eradicated from the literary and popular language of the region.
Download or read book Catalogue of Works in the Oriental Languages Together with Polynesian African written by Bernard Quaritch (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A History of Jeddah written by Ulrike Freitag and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urban history of Jeddah from the late Ottoman period to the present day, seen through its diverse and changing population.
Download or read book Islamic Ethics written by Mariam al-Attar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores philosophical ethics in Arabo-Islamic thought. Examining the meaning, origin and development of "Divine Command Theory", it underscores the philosophical bases of religious fundamentalism that hinder social development and hamper dialogue between different cultures and nations. Challenging traditional stereotypes of Islam, the book refutes contemporary claims that Islam is a defining case of ethical voluntarism, and that the prominent theory in Islamic ethical thought is Divine Command Theory. The author argues that, in fact, early Arab-Islamic scholars articulated moral theories: theories of value and theories of obligation. She traces the development of Arabo-Islamic ethics from the early Islamic theological and political debates between the Kharijites and the Murji’ites, shedding new light on the moral theory of Abd al-Jabbar al-Mu’tazili and the effects of this moral theory on post-Mu’tazilite ethical thought. Highlighting important aspects in the development of Islamic thought, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Islamic moral thought and ethics, Islamic law, and religious fundamentalism.
Download or read book Hijab Meaning Identity Otherization and Politics written by Saied Reza Ameli and published by Islamic Human Rights Commission. This book was released on 2006 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Studies in Arabic and Islam written by Union européenne des arabisants et islamisants. Congress and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume contains forty-seven contributions dealing with Islamic thought and history, Arabic literature and linguistics. The variety of perspectives and approaches, and the wide range of subject matters constitute a true mirror of European scholarship in Arabic and Islamic studies. The authors who congregated for the 19th congress of the Union Europeenne des Arabisants et Islamisants at Halle come from many European countries including Middle and Eastern Europe. Philosophy and historiography, Arabic inscriptions and belles-lettres, pre-modern and modern history, Islamic law and theology figure among the topics treated in amply documented studies.
