Social Origins Of Islam : Mind, Economy, Discourse /

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The story of the origins of Islam provides a rich and suggestive example of sweeping cultural transformation. Incorporating both innovation and continuity, Islam built upon the existing cultural patterns among the peoples of the Arabian peninsula even as it threatened to eradicate these same pattern...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bamyeh, Mohammed A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social conditions
Islam > Origin.
Civilization.
RELIGION > Islam > General.
Islam > Origines.
Arabian Peninsula.
Arabie (Peninsule) > Conditions sociales.
Arabie (Peninsule) > Civilisation.
Arabian Peninsula > Social conditions.
Arabian Peninsula > Civilization.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:The story of the origins of Islam provides a rich and suggestive example of sweeping cultural transformation. Incorporating both innovation and continuity, Islam built upon the existing cultural patterns among the peoples of the Arabian peninsula even as it threatened to eradicate these same patterns. In this provocative interdisciplinary study, Mohammed A. Bamyehcombines perspectives from sociology, literary studies, anthropology, and economic history to examine the cultural ecology that fostered Islam.
Physical Description:1 online resource (332 pages).
ISBN:9780816689842

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