ISBN: 9789004097360 - humanism in the renaissance of islam: the cultural revival during the buyid age (9 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. xxx, 329, [29] pages ; 24 cm. Contents: Introduction to the paperback edition 1. The Renaissance of Islam 2. Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam 3. The Physiognomy of the Age 4. The Mentality of the Age 5. The Roots of Cultural Efflorescence I. Setting the Stage. The Early Buyid Era. 1. The Ascent of the Buyids. 2. Relations between the Buyids and the Abbasid Caliphs. 3. Religious Policy of the Buyids. 4. The National Heritage of the Buyids. 5. Baghdad under Buyid Rule. 6. Cultural Life under the Buyids. 7. Muslim Religious Groups. 8. Muslim Theological Schools. 9. Non-Muslim Minority Groups. 10. Foreign Relations of the Buyids II. Schools, Circles, and Societies. 1. Yahya b. Adi and his School. 2. Abu Sulayman al-Sijistani's Circle. 3. Abu Sulayman al-Maqdisi and the Sincere Brethren. 4. Abu Abdallah al-Basri and his School. 5. The Vizier Abu Abdallah b. Sadan and his Circle III. Profiles: Scholars, Patrons, and Potentates. 1. Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi: The Secretary. 2. Abu Ali (b.) Miskawayh: The Courtier. 3. Ab l-Hasan al-Amiri: The Philosopher. 4. Abu l-Fadl b. al-Amld: The Chief Ustadh. 5. The Sahib Ismail b. Abbad: The Supremely Competent. 6. Adud al-Dawla: King of Kings Supplement: Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam. A Preliminary Study.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Under the enlightened rule of the Buyid dynasty (945-1055 A.D.) the Islamic world witnessed an unequalled cultural renaissance. This book is an investigation into the nature of the environment in which the cultural transformation took place and into the cultural elite who were its bearers. After an extensive introductory section setting the stage, the book deals with the main schools and circles and with the outstanding individual representatives of this renaissance.The main expression of this renaissance was a philosophical humanism that embraced the scientific and philosophical heritage of Classical Antiquity as a cultural and educational ideal. Along with this philosophical humanism, a literary humanism was cultivated by litterateurs, poets, and government secretaries. This renaissance was marked by a powerful assertion of individualism in the domains of literary creativity and political action. It thrived in a remarkably cosmopolitan atmosphere -- Baghdad, the center of the 'Abbasid empire and of Buyid rule.…

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