Ethical Living Through Stories: Encounters with Adab

by Wen-chin Ouyang

Literature has for thousands of years served as a space in which people have negotiated the ethics of daily life. In Islamic tradition, the broad concept of adab spans ethical instruction and literary culture. Literature classified as adab was intended to cultivate readers' minds and characters. Similarly, the Chinese concept of wen represents the intellectual, cultural and ethical foundations of society. Adab...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755657497
• ISBN13: 9780755657490
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.4" x 7.0"