Arabic Historical Thought in the Classical Period - POD TITLE

Klappentext In a work that surveys an entire tradition of historical thought and writing across a span of eight-hundred years! Tarif Khalidi examines how Arabic-Islamic culture of the premodern period viewed the past! how it recorded it! and how it sought to answer the many complex questions associated with the discipline of history. Zusammenfassung A survey of an entire tradition of historical thought and writing across a span of eight hundred years. Inhaltsverzeichnis l. The birth of tradition; 2. History and hadith; 3. History and adab; 4. History and hikma; 5. History and siyasa; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Tarif Khalidi, Khalidi Tarif
• Assisted by: David Morgan (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780521589383
• ISBN: 978-0-521-58938-3
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 229 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization; Print On Demand; Cambridge Studies in Islamic C; Print on Demand
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous