The Construction of Knowledge in Islamic Civilization

Qudāma B. Ja'far and His Kitāb Al Kharāj Wa-Sinā'at Al-Kitāba
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12340-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 42, 286 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 245 mm, Gewicht: 685 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

This study examines the role of the state in the construction of knowledge in Islamic civilization in its early classical period (third/ninth and fourth/tenth centuries). Different voices representing different social groups – savants, littérateurs, religious scholars, state officials – all brought their particular conception of knowledge to bear on the formation of the various branches of knowledge known to Islamic civilization. Reading the works of various branches of knowledge alongside the administrative encyclopedia of Qudama b. Ja‘far (d. 337/948), a state official in the employ of the Abbasid dynasty, has served to highlight the particular point of view of the state in the intellectual and cultural dialogue of the day. At the same time, this approach has shown Islamic civilization to be as much a dialogue of values between the different social groups of the day as a series of events or collection of ideas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heck, Paul

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Philosophie & Wissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Islamische & Arabische Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Paul L. Heck, Ph.D. (2000) in Islamic Studies, University of Chicago, is a member of the Society of Fellows, Princeton University.