Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books

Released on by James E. Montgomery
preview-18

  • Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books Book Detail

  • Author : James E. Montgomery
  • Release Date : 2013-11-13
  • Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
  • Genre : Literary Criticism
  • Pages : 592
  • ISBN 13 : 074868333X
  • File Size : 16,16 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books by James E. Montgomery PDF Summary

Book Description: Edinburgh University Press will publish two self-contained guides to reading al-Jahiz that also shed light on his society and its writings. This first volume, 'In Praise of Books', is devoted to bibliomania and al-Jahiz's bibliophilia. Volume 2, In Censure of Books, explores Al-Jahiz's bibliophobia. Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. He advised, argued and rubbed shoulders with the major power brokers and leading religious and intellectual figures of his day, and crossed swords in debate and argument with the architects of the Islamic religious, theological, philosophical and cultural canon. His many, tumultuous writings engage with these figures, their ideas, theories and policies. They give us an invaluable but much-neglected window onto the values and beliefs of this cosmopolitan elite.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books

Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books

File Size : 33,33 MB
Total View : 5347 Views
DOWNLOAD

Edinburgh University Press will publish two self-contained guides to reading al-Jahiz that also shed light on his society and its writings. This first volume, '

In Praise of Wasting Time

In Praise of Wasting Time

File Size : 38,38 MB
Total View : 1309 Views
DOWNLOAD

In this timely and essential book that offers a fresh take on the qualms of modern day life, Professor Alan Lightman investigates the creativity born from allow

In Praise of Copying

In Praise of Copying

File Size : 65,65 MB
Total View : 1935 Views
DOWNLOAD

This book is devoted to a deceptively simple but original argument: that copying is an essential part of being human, that the ability to copy is worthy of cele

In Praise of Quiet Waters

In Praise of Quiet Waters

File Size : 39,39 MB
Total View : 5817 Views
DOWNLOAD

An inspiring collection of canoe journeys, packed with bits of regional history and environmental concern. As she flows through the Adirondacks, Duvall guides r