Islam and medieval Hellenism : social and cultural perspectives /

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Main Author: Von Grunebaum, Gustave E. (Gustave Edmund), 1909-1972
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Variorum Reprints, 1976.
Series:Variorum reprint ; CS48
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Islam and Hellenism
  • 2. Islam
  • 3. The problem
  • 4. The structure of the Muslim town
  • 5. The sacred character of Islamic cities
  • 6. The convergence of cultural traditions in the Mediterranean area
  • 7. The sources of Islamic civilization
  • 8. The problem of cultural influence
  • 9. Le concept de classicisme culturel
  • 10. Islam
  • 11. Islam
  • 12. Parallelism, convergence, and influence in the relations of Arab and Byzantine philosophy, literature, and piety
  • 13. Byzantine iconoclasm and the influence of the Islamic environment
  • 14. Observations on the Muslim concept of evil
  • 15. Literature in the context of Islamic civilization
  • 16. Arabic poetics
  • 17. On the origin and early development of Arabic muzdawij poetry
  • 18. Greek form elements in the Arabian Nights
  • 19. Eine poetische Polemik zwischen Byzanz und Bagdad im 10. Jahrhundert
  • 20. Observations on city panegyrics in Arabic prose.