The New Cambridge History of Islam
Volume 4. Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century
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Part of The New Cambridge History of Islam
- Editor: Robert Irwin, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
- Date Published: July 2023
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107457003
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Robert Irwin's authoritative introduction to the fourth volume of The New Cambridge History of Islam offers a panoramic vision of Islamic culture from its origins to around 1800. The introductory chapter, which highlights key developments and introduces some of Islam's most famous protagonists, paves the way for an extraordinarily varied collection of essays. The themes treated include religion and law, conversion, Islam's relationship with the natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings, philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture, literature, music and even cookery. What emerges from this rich collection, written by an international team of experts, is the diversity and dynamism of the societies which created this flourishing civilization. Volume four of The New Cambridge History of Islam serves as a thematic companion to the three preceding, politically oriented volumes, and in coverage extends across the pre-modern Islamic world.
Read more- From Islam's beginnings to the arrival of the Europeans, this rich collection of essays focuses on the diversity and richness of Islamic civilization
- An international team of experts in the field correct old clichés about Islamic history and culture
- The volume's focus on culture and society enhances the political and historical narratives of those that precede it
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- Date Published: July 2023
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107457003
- length: 943 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 47 mm
- weight: 1.336kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction ROBERT IRWIN
Part I. Religion and Law:
1. Islam JONATHAN BERKEY
2. Sufism ALEXANDER KNYSH
3. Varieties of Islam FARHAD DAFTARY
4. Islamic law WAEL B. HALLAQ
5. Conversion and the Ahl al-Dhimma David J. Wasserstein
6. Muslims and the natural world Richard Bulliet
Part II. Societies, Politics and Economics:
7. Caliphs, kings and regimes Said Arjomand
8. The city and the nomad Hugh Kennedy
9. Rural life and economy Andrew M. Watson
10. Demography and migration Suraiya N. Faroqhi
11. Mechanisms of commerce Warren C. Schultz
12. Women, gender and sexuality Manuela Marin
Part III. Arts, Literature and Learning:
13. Education Francis Robinson
14. Philosophy Richard C. Taylor
15. Sciences in Islamic societies Sonja Brentjes with Robert G. Morrison
16. Occult sciences and medicine S. Nomanul Haq
17. Literary and oral cultures Jonathan Bloom
18a. Arabic literature Julia Bray
18b. Persian literature Dick Davis
18c. Turkish literature Cigdem Balim
18d. Urdu literature Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
19. History writing Li Guo
20. Biographical literature Michael Cooperson
21. Art and architecture Marcus Milwright
22. Music Amnon Shiloah
23. Cookery David Waines
24. Muslim accounts of the Dar al-Harb Michael Bonner and Gottfried Hagen.
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