Amir Moghadam

Power-Knowledge in Tabari's Histoire of Islam

Politicizing the past in Medieval Islamic Historiography

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Muhammad al-Tabari's History, written about 300 years after the establishment of Islam, is one of the religion's most important commentaries. It offers important insights into the early development of Islam, not so much for its history as for the ways it was interpreted and understood. Through application of modern historiographical analysis and scriptural exegesis, the book explores the space between factual history and interpretive history, or histoire. The focus is especially on the ways in which al-Tabari himself understood and interpreted Qur'anic evidence, employing it not so much for literal as for political purposes. In this sense, hi… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Lovat, Terence

ISBN: 978-1-78874-703-5
EAN: 9781788747035
Produktnummer: 31792357
Verlag: Peter Lang
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 308 S.
Masse: H22.5 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.6 cm 435 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 435

Über den Autor

A. Moghadam is a conjoint academic at the University of Newcastle, Australia. His PhD thesis was on the power and knowledge dynamics in the medieval historiographies. He also works on historical narratives, the problems of historical consciousness, and violence. Terence Lovat is Emeritus Professor at the University of Newcastle, Australia, and holds honorary positions at Oxford and Glasgow Universities in the UK and Royal Roads University, Canada. He has researched and written widely in the area of Islamic theology and education.