The New Cambridge History of Islam
The New Cambridge History of Islam
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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.
- 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
Product details
July 2023Paperback
9781107457003
943 pages
228 × 152 × 47 mm
1.29kg
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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.
