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Arabic Humanities, Islamic Thought: Essays in Honor of Everett K. Rowson
Contributor(s): Lowry, Joseph E. (Editor), Toorawa, Shawkat M. (Editor)
ISBN: 9004343245     ISBN-13: 9789004343245
Publisher: Brill
OUR PRICE:   $185.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Asia - General
- History | Middle East - General
- Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors)
Series: Islamic History and Civilization
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.94 lbs) 546 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
- Cultural Region - Middle East
 
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Publisher Description:
This volume brings together studies that explore the richness of the Arabic literary tradition and of Islamic intellectual life, from the beginnings of Islam to the present. The contributors cover an unusually wide range of subjects, including such topics as guile in the Quran, marriage in Islamic law, early esoterica, commentaries on al-Ḥarīrī's Maqamāt, Hellenistic philosophy in Arabic, medieval music and song, scurrilous poetry, Arabic rhetoric, cursing, the modern social and legal history of the Middle East, al-Kharrat's modernist project, and contemporary Islamic thought and responses to it.

The volume's range reflects the enormous breadth of Everett Rowson's scholarship and his impact over a lifetime of publishing, editing, teaching, and mentoring in the many fields that constitute the Arabic humanities and Islamic thought.

Contributors: Ali Humayun Akhtar, Thomas Bauer, Hans Hinrich Biesterfeldt, Kevin van Bladel, Marilyn Booth, Michael Cooperson, Kenneth M. Cuno, Geert Jan van Gelder, Hala Halim, Lara Harb, David Hollenberg, Matthew L. Keegan, David Larsen, Joseph E. Lowry, Zainab Mahmood, Jon McGinnis, Jeannie Miller, John Nawas, Bilal Orfali, Alex Popovkin, Dwight F. Reynolds, Susan A. Spectorsky, Tara Stephan, Adam Talib, Sarra Tlili, Shawkat M. Toorawa, James Toth, Mark S. Wagner.