The Construction of Knowledge in Islamic Civilization : Qudāma b. Ja'far and his Kitāb al Kharāj wa-sinā'at al-kitāba /
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...
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Language: English
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Leiden; Boston :
BRILL,
2002.
Series:
Islamic History and Civilization ;
42.
Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
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Call Number: AE2.Q46 H43 2002
- Machine generated contents note: Chapter One: Introduction1
- Chapter Two: Language And Administration26
- Introduction26
- E pistles39
- The Grammatical Category44
- Ibn Qutayba45
- Qudama and the Grammatical Category: I 48
- al-Nahhas 51
- Qudama and the Grammatical Category:
- II5 8
- The Bureaucratic Category60
- al-Baghdadi60
- 6 5
- Qudama and the Bureaucratic Category72
- The Linguistic Categor)79
- Qudama and the Linguistic Category85
- Qudama's Category89
- Conclusion92
- Chapter Three: Geography94
- Introduction94
- Preface to Section VI101
- The Ptolemaic Approach103
- The Administrative Approach111
- The Descriptive Approach123
- The Literary Approach136
- Conclusion144
- Chapter Four: Fiscal Jurisprudence146
- Introduction146
- Kitaba-consciousness157
- Sharfa-consciousness179
- Conclusion191
- Chapter Five: Political Thought194
- Introduction194
- The Philosophical Strand205
- The Administrative Strand213
- Fitrespieg 225
- Conclusion239
- Chapter Six: Concluding Remarks240
- Appendix (Arabic Citations)245
- Bibliography265
- Index277.