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Zusatztext Zayde Antrim's most significant contribution is that she challenges the dominant view that explains the rise of nationalism in the Middle East as a byproduct of the nineteenth century encounter with Europe. By critiquing this widely disseminated position, Antrim allows scholars of medieval and modern Middle East to realize that the concept of homeland represents at the same time continuity and change with the classical period, and therefore nationalism has invoked in the mind of medieval and modern Middle Easterners a complex web of legacies. She reminds us that good scholarship should be meticulous research and not speculation. Informationen zum Autor Zayde Antrim is Charles A. Dana Associate Professor of History and International Studies at Trinity College. Klappentext Routes and Realms explores the ways in which Muslims expressed attachment to land in formal texts from the ninth through the eleventh centuries. These texts reveal that territories were imagined specifically as homes, cities, and regions and acted as powerful categories of belonging in the early Islamic world. Zusammenfassung Routes and Realms explores the ways in which Muslims expressed attachment to land in formal texts from the ninth through the eleventh centuries. These texts reveal that territories were imagined specifically as homes, cities, and regions and acted as powerful categories of belonging in the early Islamic world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Note on Translations, Transliterations, and Dates Glossary Introduction: The Discourse of Place Part I: Home 1. Home as Homeland Part II: City 2. Cities and Sacred History 3. The Image of the City Part III: Region 4. Dividing the World 5. Routes and Realms Conclusion: Looking Forward Notes Bibliography Index
