|
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history
|
Buy Now
Polymaths of Islam - Power and Networks of Knowledge in Central Asia (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R1,278
Discovery Miles 12 780
You Save: R93,029
(99%)
|
|
|
Polymaths of Islam - Power and Networks of Knowledge in Central Asia (Hardcover)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
Polymaths of Islam analyzes the social and intellectual power of
religious leaders who created a shared culture that integrated
Central Asia, Iran, and India from the mid-eighteenth century
through the early twentieth. James Pickett demonstrates that
Islamic scholars were simultaneously mystics and administrators,
judges and occultists, physicians and poets. This integrated
understanding of the world of Islamic scholarship unlocks a
different way of thinking about transregional exchange networks.
Pickett reveals a Persian-language cultural sphere that transcended
state boundaries and integrated a spectacularly vibrant Eurasia
that is invisible from published sources alone. Through a high
cultural complex that he terms the "Persian cosmopolis" or
"Persianate sphere," Pickett argues that an intersection of diverse
disciplines shaped geographical trajectories across and between
political states. In Polymaths of Islam he paints a comprehensive,
colorful, and often contradictory portrait of mosque and state in
the age of empire.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
