The Excellence of the Arabs
A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrestIn ninth-century Abbasid Baghdad, the social prestige attached to claims of Arab identity had begun to decline. In The Excellence of the Arabs, the celebrated litterateur Ibn Qutaybah locks horns with those members of his society who belittled Arabness and vaunted the glories of Persian heritage and culture. Instead, he upholds the status of Arabs and their heritage in the face of criticism and uncertainty.The Excellence of the Arabs is in two parts. In the first, Arab Preeminence, which takes the form of an extended argument for Arab privilege, Ibn Qutaybah accuses his oppone…
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Weitere Autoren: Savant, Sarah Bowen (Übers.) / Webb, Peter (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4798-5976-4
- EAN: 9781479859764
- Produktnummer: 33567985
- Verlag: Canongate Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'895 KB
- Reihenbandnummer: 51
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