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The construction of knowledge in Islamic civilization : Qudāma b. Jaʻfar and his Kitāb al-Kharāj wa-ṣināʻat al-kitāba /
"This study examines the role of the state in the construction of knowledge in Islamic civilization in its early classical period (third/ninth and fourth/tenth centuries). Different voices representing different social groups - savants, litterateurs, religious scholars, state officials - all br...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2002.
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| Colección: | Islamic history and civilization ;
v. 42. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This study examines the role of the state in the construction of knowledge in Islamic civilization in its early classical period (third/ninth and fourth/tenth centuries). Different voices representing different social groups - savants, litterateurs, religious scholars, state officials - all brought their particular conception of knowledge to bear on the formation of the various branches of knowledge known to Islamic civilization. Reading the works of various branches of knowledge alongside the administrative encyclopedia of Qudama b. Ja'far (d.337/948), a state official in the employ of the Abbasid dynasty, has served to highlight the particular point of view of the state in the intellectual and cultural dialogue of the day. At the same time, this approach has shown Islamic civilization to be as much a dialogue of values between the different social groups of the day as a series of events or collection of ideas."--Jacket |
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| Notas: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 2000. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 283 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1417507012 9781417507016 9789004123403 9004123407 |