Routes and Realms - The Power of Place in the Early Islamic World

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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Zayde Antrim, Zayde (Charles A. Dana Research Associate Antrim, Zayde (Charles A. Dana Research Associate Professor of History and International Studies Antrim, Antrim Zayde
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 09.04.2015
• EAN: 9780190227159
• ISBN: 978-0-19-022715-9
• Pages: 234
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Voyage > Guides de voyages > Monde, Arctique, Antarctique; HISTORY / Middle East / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Medieval History, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Middle Eastern history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Islamic countries, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, HISTORY / Islamic