Learned Society in a Period of Transition, A
Title | Learned Society in a Period of Transition, A PDF eBook |
Author | Daphna Ephrat |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Islam |
ISBN | 9780791492246 |
A Learned Society in a Period of Transition
Title | A Learned Society in a Period of Transition PDF eBook |
Author | Daphna Ephrat |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2000-08-03 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780791446454 |
Addresses the social significance of orthodox Islam during the medieval period in Baghdad.
The Canonization of Al-Bukh?r? and Muslim
Title | The Canonization of Al-Bukh?r? and Muslim PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Brown |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 454 |
Release | 2007-06-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004158391 |
Drawing on canon studies, this book investigates the origins, development and functions of the core of the Sunni ?ad?th canon, the 'Authentic' ?ad?th collections of al-Bukh?r? and Muslim, from the time of their authors to the modern period.
The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 4, Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century
Title | The New Cambridge History of Islam: Volume 4, Islamic Cultures and Societies to the End of the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Irwin |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 1104 |
Release | 2010-11-04 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1316184315 |
Robert Irwin's authoritative introduction to the fourth volume of The New Cambridge History of Islam offers a panoramic vision of Islamic culture from its origins to around 1800. The introductory chapter, which highlights key developments and introduces some of Islam's most famous protagonists, paves the way for an extraordinarily varied collection of essays. The themes treated include religion and law, conversion, Islam's relationship with the natural world, governance and politics, caliphs and kings, philosophy, science, medicine, language, art, architecture, literature, music and even cookery. What emerges from this rich collection, written by an international team of experts, is the diversity and dynamism of the societies which created this flourishing civilization. Volume four of The New Cambridge History of Islam serves as a thematic companion to the three preceding, politically oriented volumes, and in coverage extends across the pre-modern Islamic world.
Higher Education and the Growth of Knowledge
Title | Higher Education and the Growth of Knowledge PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Segre |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 238 |
Release | 2015-07-24 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317818032 |
This book sketches the history of higher education, in parallel with the development of science. Its goal is to draw attention to the historical tensions between the aims of higher education and those of science, in the hope of contributing to improving the contemporary university. A helpful tool in analyzing these intellectual and social tensions is Karl Popper's philosophy of science demarcating science and its social context. Popper defines a society that encourages criticism as "open," and argues convincingly that an open society is the most appropriate one for the growth of science. A "closed society," on the other hand, is a tribal and dogmatic society. Despite being the universal home of science today, the university, as an institution that is thousands of years old, carries traces of different past cultural, social, and educational traditions. The book argues that, by and large, the university was, and still is, a closed society and does not serve the best interests of the development of science and of students' education.
Education and Learning in the Early Islamic World
Title | Education and Learning in the Early Islamic World PDF eBook |
Author | Claude Gilliot |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 2017-05-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1351941593 |
Studying education and learning in the formative period of Islam is not immediately easy, since the sources for this are relatively late and frequently project backwards to the earlier period the assumptions and conditions of their own day. The studies in this volume have been selected for the critical approaches and methods of their authors, and are arranged under five headings: the pedagogical tradition; scholarship and attestation; orality and literacy; authorship and transmission; and libraries. Together with the editor’s introductory essay, they present a broad picture of the beginnings and evolution of education and learning in the Islamic world.
Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran
Title | Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran PDF eBook |
Author | Maryam Moazzen |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2017-11-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 900435655X |
In Formation of a Religious Landscape: Shi‘i Higher Learning in Safavid Iran, Maryam Moazzen offers the first systematic examination of Shi‘i educational institution and practices by exploring the ways in which religious knowledge was produced, authenticated, and transmitted in the second half of Safavid rule (1588-1722). By analyzing the deeds of endowment of the Madrasa-yi Sulṭānī and other mosque-madrasas built by the Safavid elite, this study sheds light on the organizing mechanisms and structures utilized by such educational foundations. Based on the large number of ijazās and other primary sources including waqfiyyas, biographical dictionaries and autobiographies, this study also reconstructs the Safavid madrasas’ curriculum and describes the pedagogical methods used to transmit religious knowledge as well as issues that faced Shi‘i higher learning in early modern times.