Thinking and writing about the past has always been of critical importance to the way that any culture or civilization views itself and its role in the world. In a work which 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 pre-modern period viewed the past, how it recorded it, and how it sought to answer the many complex questions associated with the discipline of history. The author combines a chronological and a topical approach to place the tradition within its wider intellectual context, while quotations from historians across the period introduce the English-speaking reader to some of the principal texts of Arabic-Islamic culture.
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A survey of an entire tradition of historical thought and writing across a span of eight hundred years.
l. The birth of tradition; 2. History and hadith; 3. History and adab; 4. History and hikma; 5. History and siyasa; Conclusion.
'Dr Khalidi is completely in control of his subject and carries the reader along through his splendidly fluent style, despite the occasional complexity of his argumentation.' Middle East International
A survey of an entire tradition of historical thought and writing across a span of eight hundred years.

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ISBN
9780521465540
Publisert
1994-12-01
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Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
570 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
268

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