Arabic Historical Thought in the Classical Period (Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization) - Hardcover

Khalidi, Tarif

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521465540 ISBN 13: 9780521465540

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1995

Synopsis

In a work that surveys an entire tradition of historical thought and writing across a span of eight-hundred years, Tarif Khalidi examines how Arabic-Islamic culture of the premodern period viewed the past, how it recorded it, and how it sought to answer the many complex questions associated with the discipline of history.

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Book Description:

In a work which surveys an entire tradition of historical thought and writing across a span of 800 years, Tarif Khalidi examines how Arabic-Islamic culture of the pre-modern period viewed the past, how it recorded it, and how it sought to answer the fundamental questions asssociated with the discipline of history. 'The extent of Khalidi's reading is daunting, the subtlety and elgance of his exposition enviable. This is a book which is enjoyable as well as informative', Gerald Hawting, Times Literary Supplement

From the Back Cover:

Thinking and writing about the past has always been of critical importance to the way that any culture or civilization views itself and its role in the world. In a work which surveys an entire tradition of historical thought and writing across a span of eight hundred years, Tarif Khalidi examines how Arabic-Islamic culture of the pre-modern period viewed the past, how it recorded it, and how it sought to answer the many complex questions associated with the discipline of history. The author combines a chronological with a topical approach to place the tradition within its wider intellectual context and socio-political environment, while quotations from historians across the period introduce the English-speaking reader to some of the principal intellectual texts of Arabic Islamic culture.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0521465540
• ISBN 13: 9780521465540
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 268