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  3. Arabic Historical Thought in the Classical Period
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2009
Print publication year:
1994
Online ISBN:
9780511583650
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511583650
Series:
Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
Subjects:
Middle East Studies, Islam, Area Studies, Philosophy: General Interest, History, Middle East History, Philosophy
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Book description

Thinking and writing about the past has always been of critical importance to the way that any culture or civilization views itself and its role in the world. In a work which surveys an entire tradition of historical thought and writing across a span of eight hundred years, Tarif Khalidi examines how Arabic-Islamic culture of the pre-modern period viewed the past, how it recorded it, and how it sought to answer the many complex questions associated with the discipline of history. The author combines a chronological and a topical approach to place the tradition within its wider intellectual context, while quotations from historians across the period introduce the English-speaking reader to some of the principal texts of Arabic-Islamic culture.

Reviews

‘Dr Khalidi is completely in control of his subject and carries the reader along through his splendidly fluent style, despite the occasional complexity of his argumentation.’

Middle East International

‘This is a wide-ranging, excellently written book on a subject of major importance, based on a formidable wealth of knowledge expertly distilled … ’

David Morgan - School of Oriental and African Studies

‘The extent of Khalidi’s reading is daunting, the subtlety and elegance of his exposition enviable. This is a book which is enjoyable as well as informative.’

Source: The Times Literary Supplement

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