The Excellence of the Arabs
The Excellence of the Arabs is a spirited defense of Arab identity-its merits, values, and origins-at a time of political unrest and fragmentation, written by one of the most important scholars of the early Abbasid era.In the cosmopolitan milieu of Baghdad, the social prestige attached to claims of being Arab had begun to decline. Although his own family originally hailed from Merv in the east, 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 Excellenc…
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Weitere Autoren: Savant, Sarah Bowen (Übers.) / Webb, Peter (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4798-0957-8
- EAN: 9781479809578
- Produktnummer: 21425669
- Verlag: New York Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 400 S.
- Masse: H23.8 cm x B15.6 cm x D3.2 cm 696 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 39
- Gewicht: 696
Über den Autor
Ibn Qutaybah (Author) Ibn Qutaybah (d. 276/889) was a renowned judge and writer known for many influential works on a wide range of subjects, including Qur'anic exegesis, poetry and poetics, and statecraft.Peter Webb (Edited and Translated by) Peter Webb is Lecturer in Arabic Literature and Culture at the University of Leiden and the author of Imagining the Arabs: Arab Identity and the Rise of Islam.James E. Montgomery (Editor) James E. Montgomery, author of Al-Jäi¿: In Praise of Books, is Sir Thomas Adams's Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Trinity Hall. His latest publications are Loss Sings, a collaboration with the celebrated Scottish artist Alison Watt, and Diwan ¿Antarah ibn Shaddad: A Literary-Historical Study.Sarah Bowen Savant (Translator) Sarah Bowen Savant is Professor at The Aga Khan University, London, and the author of The New Muslims of Post-Conquest Iran.
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