Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 369 pages
- Published by: Routledge
- Edition: 1st Edition December 25, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0415439175
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0415439176
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Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Product Description
Originally published in 1962, this book presents important studies on the history, literature and religion of the Islamic peoples as well as an appraisal of contemporary intellectual currents in the Middle East.
Part I interprets the basic political and cultural development in medieval Islam, set in the context of its growth from a religious movement in the Arabian peninsula to an imperial structure extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the borders of China.
Part II includes studies of Islamic institutions, philosophy and religion. The close relationship of Islam to Western traditions through the Biblical and Greek heritages is emphasized and the factors which have moulded unique and distinctive institutions are considered.
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Studies on the Civilization of Islam (Paperback)
This book consists of a collection of essays by H.A.R Gibb that have been collected by Stanford J Shaw (he who wrote probably the best books on Ottoman and modern Turkish history you can find) The chapters concern issues such as the early history of Islam, Saladin, the armies of Saladin, the development of Sufism and Islamic law and Arabic literature. This has got to be one of the best studies of Islamic history you can find (it was put together specifically for the American reader by the way) He rightly points out the multi national forces of Saladin (who were made up mostly of Turkomans and Kurds unlike the popular belief that they were 'Arabs') His essay on Sufism is excellent as his essay on the development of Arab literature. This has got to be a 'must buy' for any student of Islamic studies at University. Then again, if you are buying anything written by Gibb you know you cant go wrong.
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