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Times of History: Universal Topics in Islamic Historiography

Times of History: Universal Topics in Islamic Historiography

Current price: $121.50
Publication Date: July 1st, 2007
Publisher:
Central European University Press
ISBN:
9789637326738
Pages:
330
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Description

This is a collection of essays on current questions of historiography, illustrated with reference to Islamic historiography. The main concerns are conceptions of time and temporality, the uses of the past, historical periodisation, historical categorisation, and the constitution of historical objects, not least those called "civilisation" and "Islam". One of the aims of the book is to apply to Islamic materials the standard conceptual equipment used in historical study, and to exercise a large-scale comparativist outlook.

About the Author

Aziz al-Azmeh is Distinguished Professor at the Central European University, Budapest.