Knowledge and power in Muslim societies : approaches in intellectual history / edited by Kazuo Morimoto and Sajjad Rizvi.

"The study of Islam and of Islamic history is enjoying something of a revival with an emphasis on intellectual history and a greater concern with the 'subaltern' within that. Why does religion continue to hold significance in our times? Are humans better off, adaptable, less violent, consistently un...

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Uniform Title:Studies in Islamic intellectual history ; 1.
Other Authors: Morimoto, Kazuo, 1970- (Editor, Contributor)
Raz̤avī, Sajjād (Editor, Contributor)
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Gerlach Press, 2023.
Series:Studies in Islamic intellectual history ; 1.
Subjects:
Islam > History > Congresses.
Islam and philosophy > History > Congresses.
Muslims > Intellectual life > Congresses.
Islam and civil society > Congresses.
Islam > Histoire > Congrès.
Islam et philosophie > Histoire > Congrès.
Musulmans > Vie intellectuelle > Congrès.
Islam et société civile > Congrès.
Islam.
Islam and civil society.
Muslims > Intellectual life.
History.
Genre:
Congresses.
Congrès.
History.
Physical Description:vii, 421 pages : Illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. Diversifying the Intellectual History of Islam and Muslim Cultures / Sajjad Rizvi, Kazuo Morimoto
  • [I]: Philosophy. Three portraits of a philosopher in Islamic cultures / Sajjad Rizvi
  • Philosophy for politics : ancient Greek philosophy echoed in Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ's writings / István T. Kristó-Nagy
  • The sorcerer scholar : Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sakkākī between grammar and Grimoire / Emily Selove, Mohammed Sanad
  • Knowledge for all : Zayn al-Dīn al-Kaššī (d. before 1228) on philosophical writings / Hisashi Obuchi
  • Cancelling the apocalypse : refracted anticipation for the awaited Mahdī in Sayyid Muḥammad al-Mushaʿshaʿ's Discourse / Tetsuro Sumida
  • [II]: Scholarly production. Didactic discourse and sarcastic expressions in the context of Abū Hilāl al-ʿAskarī's literary criticism / Mohammed Sanad
  • Writing the Imams' virtues under the interconfessional policy of al-Nāṣir li-Dīn Allāh : Ibn al-Biṭrīq al-Ḥillī and his Faḍāʼil Works / Ryo Mizukami
  • A Jaʿfarid-Zaynabid genealogy from thirteenth-century Egypt : ʿUrbān uprising, Najafī connection, and the representation of the Twelve Imams / Kazuo Morimoto
  • Ilm al-Siyāq and bureaucrats in Safavid Iran / Nobuaki Kondo
  • Ma Dexin's criticism of Saint Veneration : "Chinese"-flavored Islam formed by a denominational conflict / Tatsuya Nakanishi
  • [III]: The making of the modern. The politics of the Bay'a Ceremony in modern Morocco / Nozomi Shiratani
  • The Tawḥīd of the Painting of God the Mother / William Gallois
  • Teaching Iranian history : narrative style and messages / Kieko Sakurai
  • Inscribing "God's Words" in Japan : connecting the past to the present through the translations of the Qurʼan / Emi Goto.