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Man versus society in medieval Islam

Man versus society in medieval Islam
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ISBN 9004270884 (hbk.)
9789004270886 (hbk.)
Author Rosenthal, Franz 1914-2003
Title Man versus society in medieval Islam / by Franz Rosenthal ; edited by Dimitri Gutas
Publisher Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015
Physical desc. xxi, 1158 p. ; ill. ; 25 cm.
Series Brill classics in Islam 7
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction: the study of Muslim intellectual and social history: approaches and methods -- The Muslim concept of freedom prior to the nineteenth century -- The herb: hashish versus medieval Muslim society -- Gambling in Islam -- 'Sweeter than hope': complaint and hope in medieval Islam -- The individual and society. 'I am you': individual piety and society in Islam -- Gifts and bribes: the Muslim view -- Cannabis and alcohol: the green and the red -- The stranger in medieval Islam -- On suicide in Islam -- Sexuality, gender, and the family. Fiction and reality: sources for the role of sex in medieval Muslim society -- Male and female: described and compared -- Reflections on love in Paradise -- Muslim social values and literary criticism: reflections on the hadith of Umm Zar' -- Child psychology in Islam -- Science and learning in society. Materials for an appraisal of knowledge as a societal force -- Al-Asturlabi and as-Samaw'al on scientific progress -- The defense of medicine in the medieval Muslim world -- The physician in medieval Muslim society -- Significant uses of Arabic writing -- 'Of making many books there is no end': the classical Muslim view.
Language Note Chiefly in English with some quoted material in Arabic.
Subject Islamic civilization
Islamic Empire -- Social life and customs
Islamic Empire -- Intellectual life
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