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Power-knowledge in Tabari's Histoire of Islam : politicizing the past in medieval Islamic historiography / A. Moghadam and Terence Lovat

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Moghadam, Amir
Published
Oxford : Peter Lang, [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Physical Description
xxiii, 275 pages ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators
Lovat, Terry

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Contents
Prologue: an elaboration on the authors' position -- 1. About the history: history versus histoire -- 2. Late antiquity horizons of knowing: Reviewing the context of Tabari -- 3. The history as political myth: Nativity narratives and semiotics -- 4. Narrative and myth as common sense: Theorization of islamic pastorality -- 5. Common sense and formation of the maalé: The phenomenon of 'other' in the religious Weltanschauung -- Conclusion: Looking into the present -- Appendix -- Analysing the text: The nativity narration -- Bibliography.
Summary
Religions and Discourse --
"This is an outstanding work on all accounts. It takes on a major challenge, being the critical examination of the cultural and textual roots of an important Islamic text. The authors demonstrate unusual competence in dealing with these kinds of literatures and, by doing so, are making a substantial, original and timely contribution to the study oflslam and appreciating the challenges facing Muslim scholars today." --
Emeritus Professor Gary D. Bouma, UNESCO Chair in Interrelieious and Intercultural Relations - Asia Pacific, Monash University, Australia --
"Power-Knowledge in Tabari's Histoire of Islam offers readers a penetrating look at the construction of Islamic origins in Tabari's foundational history. Through this work readers will appreciate Islamic historiography with all of its political, social, and religious complexity. The authors not only shed new light on the motivations behind the founding narratives of islam, they also show how appreciating the constructed nature of these narratives is a first step to overcoming pejorative notions of the other in today's world" --
Gabriel Said Reynolds, Professor of Islamic Studies and Theology, University of Notre Dame, USA --Book Jacket.
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9781788747035 paperback alkaline paper
1788747038 paperback alkaline paper
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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