The Medieval Islamic Republic of Letters: Arabic Knowledge Construction

by Muhsin J. al-Musawi

Book Overview

In The Medieval Islamic Republic of Letters: Arabic Knowledge Construction, Muhsin J. al-Musawi offers a groundbreaking study of literary heritage in the medieval and premodern Islamic period. Al-Musawi challenges the paradigm that considers the period from the fall of Baghdad in 1258 to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1919 as an "Age of Decay" followed by an "Awakening" (al-nahdah). His sweeping synthesis debunks this view...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268020442
• ISBN13: 9780268020446
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"