| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 1158 pages)) |
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Brill Classics in Islam |
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Brill classics in Islam.
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| Contents |
Foreword; Major Reviews of the Reprinted Works; Note on the Layout of the Volume; List of Original Publications and Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; II. The Muslim Concept of Freedom Prior to the Nineteenth Century; III. The Herb: Hashish versus Medieval Muslim Society; IV. Gambling in Islam; V. "Sweeter Than Hope": Complaint and Hope in Medieval Islam; VI. The Individual and Society; I Am You"" -- Individual Piety and Society in Islam; Gifts and Bribes: The Muslim View; Appendix. Cannabis and Alcohol: The Green and the Red; The Stranger in Medieval Islam; On Suicide in Islam |
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VII. Sexuality, Gender, and the FamilyFiction and Reality: Sources for the Role of Sex in Medieval Muslim Society; Male and Female: Described and Compared; Reflections on Love in Paradise; Muslim Social Values and Literary Criticism: Reflections on the Hadith of Umm Zar'; Child Psychology in Islam; VIII. Science and Learning in Society; Materials for an Appraisal of Knowledge as a Societal Force; Al-Asturlabi and as-Samaw'al on Scientific Progress; The Defense of Medicine in the Medieval Muslim World; The Physician in Medieval Muslim Society; Significant Uses of Arabic Writing |
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Of Making Many Books There Is No End:"" The Classical Muslim ViewIndex of Selected Arabic, Persian, and Turkish Words; Index of Some Terms in Other Languages; Index of Proper Names and Places; Index of Subjects; Index of Qurʼān Citations |
| Summary |
Man versus Society in Medieval Islam brings together all the monographs and articles by Franz Rosenthal (1914-2003) in which he investigates the tensions and conflicts that existed between individuals and society as the focus of his study of Muslim social history |
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English |
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Islamic civilization.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Islamic civilization
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Manners and customs
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| SUBJECT |
Islamic Empire -- Social life and customs
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| Subject |
Islamic Empire
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gutas, Dimitri.
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| ISBN |
9789004270893 |
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9004270892 |
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