Power and Knowledge in Medieval Islam
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
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During the period of Mongol occupation from 1258-1386, Baghdad was a site of intense intellectual debate and dialogue between Shi'i and Sunni communities. In this long-established centre of learning in the Islamic world, scholars such as Ibn Taymiyya and the influential Imami Shi'i scholar Allamah al-Hilli participated extensively in the transmission of knowledge across sectarian lines, as both students and teachers. Tarqi al-Jamil here contextualises the social and political climate of Iraq during this time, examining the dynamic and complex nature of Shi'i-Sunni relations and their competition for authority and legitimacy. This significant new history provides a challenge to contemporary discourses - both scholarly and in the popular media - that tend to falsely attribute the current political conflict in Iraq to pre-modern Shi'i-Sunni relations in the region. Instead, al-Jamil articulates a framework for understanding the negotiation of boundaries between Shi'i-Sunni religious communities, broadening the consensus of critical historical knowledge concerning what it meant to be Shi'i or Sunni.
Tariq al-Jamil is Associate Professor of Religion and Islamic Studies at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania. His research focuses on Shi'ism and inter- communal violence, religious dissimulation, the transmission of knowledge in medieval Islam, and gender, sexuality, and the body in Islamic law and social practice. Al-Jamil received his BA from Oberlin College, MTS from Harvard University, and MA and PhD from Princeton University.
Introduction
Chapter One: Conflict and Cooperation:
Cultural, Social and Religious Life of the
Shi’ah and the Ahl-Sunnah in the City
Chapter Two: Social Affiliation and
Religious Identity among Shi’i and
Sunni Scholars
Chapter Three: Religious Institutions,
Political Intervention and Patronage
Chapter Four: Polemics: Refutations
and Counter-refutations
Chapter Five: Secrecy and Honor: Dissimulation
in Social Practice
Conclusion
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.9.2021 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 138 x 216 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78076-493-6 / 1780764936 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78076-493-1 / 9781780764931 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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