Unity and variety in Muslim civilization /

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Main Author: Grunebaum, Gustave E. von, 1909-1972 (Author)

Other Authors: Abel, Armand.

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1955.

Series: Comparative studies of cultures and civilizations ; 7.

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Call Number: DS38 .V6 1955

Table of Contents:
  • How does Islâm stand? / Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin
  • The problem: unity in diversity / G.E. von Grunebaum
  • Methods of approach / Fritz Meier
  • Perspectives / Robert Brunschvig
  • The law / Joseph Schacht
  • Literary tendencies / Francesco Gabrieli
  • Interaction and integration in Islamic art / Richard Ettinghausen
  • The body politic / Claude Cahen
  • Iran: the persistent heritage / Bertold Spuler
  • Iran: opposition, martyrdom, and revolt / Vladimir Minumberrsky
  • Spain: internal division / Armand Abel
  • North Africa: rigorism and bewilderment / Roger Le Tourneau
  • Tropical Africa: infiltration and expanding horizons / J.N.D. Anderson
  • Indonesia: mysticism and activism / G.W.J. Drevew
  • Turkey: westernization / Bernard Lewis
  • Western impact and Islamic civilization / Werner Caskel
  • Notes from the Liége Library on Victor Chauvin and on Ibn Butlan.