The Life and Works of Jahiz
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 28,2 MB
Release : 1969
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The Life and Works of Jahiz
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 12,78 MB
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The Life and Works of Jāḥiẓ
Author : Jāḥiẓ
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,67 MB
Release : 1969
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Al-Jāhiz, who lived in Basra and Baghdad in the eighth and ninth centuries A.D., was one of the most famous and prolific of Arab prose writers. A versatile polymath and popularizer, known for his works of adab and his religious and political polemics as well as for his literary works of social satire (such as the Book of Misers), al-Jāhiz has been called brilliant and superficial: and certainly his style was characteristically inconsequential and digressive. Professor Pellat says of him elsewhere: 'For the majority of literate Arabs al-Jāhiz remains, if not a complete buffoon, at least something of a jester ... for he never fails, even in the weightiest passages, to slip in anecdotes, witty observations and amusing comments. Alarmed at the dullness and boredom enshrouding the speculations of a good many of his contemporaries, he deliberately aimed at a lighter touch, and his sense of humor enabled him to deal entertainingly with serious subjects.' In this book Professor Pellat, indisputably the greatest Jāhiz authority, has selected the best as well as the most characteristic of his known writings, prefacing them with an assessment of his life and works. (book jacket).
Al-Jahiz: In Praise of Books
Author : James E. Montgomery
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 37,33 MB
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 074868333X
Book Description
Edinburgh University Press will publish two self-contained guides to reading al-Jahiz that also shed light on his society and its writings. This first volume, 'In Praise of Books', is devoted to bibliomania and al-Jahiz's bibliophilia. Volume 2, In Censure of Books, explores Al-Jahiz's bibliophobia. Al-Jahiz was a bibliomaniac, theologian, and spokesman for the political and cultural elite, a writer who lived, counselled and wrote in Iraq during the first century of the 'Abbasid caliphate. He advised, argued and rubbed shoulders with the major power brokers and leading religious and intellectual figures of his day, and crossed swords in debate and argument with the architects of the Islamic religious, theological, philosophical and cultural canon. His many, tumultuous writings engage with these figures, their ideas, theories and policies. They give us an invaluable but much-neglected window onto the values and beliefs of this cosmopolitan elite.
Book of the Glory of the Black Race
Author : Jāḥiẓ
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,78 MB
Release : 2016-04
Category : Black people
ISBN : 9781532708688
Book Description
Al-Jahiz, a Afro-Iraqi scholar of the 9th century, demonstrate that the original man (Black African) is to be honored for the many outstanding and unique attributes they posses over other races. A firsthand account of the achievements of the native African.
Mindreadings
Author : Femi Oyebode
Publisher : RCPsych Publications
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 15,2 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781904671602
Book Description
The authors explore the description and representation of mental states, lived distress, character of psychology and psychological institutional practices.
Avicenna
Author : Soheil M. Afnan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 15,81 MB
Release : 2015-10-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1317378598
Book Description
This book, first published in 1958, examines the life and works of Avicenna, one of the most provocative figures in the history of thought in the East. It shows him in the right historical perspective, as the product of the impact of Greek thought on Islamic teachings against the background of the Persian Renaissance in the tenth century. His attitude can be of guidance to those in the East who are meeting the challenge of Western civilization; and to those in the West who have yet to find a basis on which to harmonize scientific with spiritual values.
A Master of Djinn
Author : P. Djèlí Clark
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 14,18 MB
Release : 2021-05-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250267676
Book Description
Included in NPR’s Favorite Sci-Fi And Fantasy Books Of The Past Decade (2011-2021) A Nebula Award Winner A Ignyte Award Winner A Compton Crook Award for Best New Novel Winner A Locus First Novel Award Winner A RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Winner A Hugo Award Finalist A World Fantasy Award Finalist A NEIBA Book Award Finalist A Mythopoeic Award Finalist A Dragon Award Finalist A Best of 2021 Pick in SFF for Amazon A Best of 2021 Pick in SFF for Kobo Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark goes full-length for the first time in his dazzling debut novel Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Al-Jahiz transformed the world forty years ago when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, before vanishing into the unknown. This murderer claims to be al-Jahiz, returned to condemn the modern age for its social oppressions. His dangerous magical abilities instigate unrest in the streets of Cairo that threaten to spill over onto the global stage. Alongside her Ministry colleagues and a familiar person from her past, Agent Fatma must unravel the mystery behind this imposter to restore peace to the city—or face the possibility he could be exactly who he seems... Novellas by P. Djèlí Clark The Black God's Drums The Haunting of Tram Car 015 Ring Shout The Dead Djinn Universe contains stories set primarily in Clark's fantasy alternate Cairo, and can be enjoyed in any order. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
The Expeditions
Author : Maʿmar ibn Rāshid
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 2015-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1479800473
Book Description
One of the earliest surviving biographies of Prophet Muḥammad, translated into readable, modern English for the first time The Expeditions is one of the oldest biographies of the Prophet Muḥammad to survive into the modern era. Its primary author, Maʿmar ibn Rāshid (96-153/714-770), was a prominent scholar from Basra in southern Iraq who was revered for his learning in prophetic traditions, Islamic law, and the interpretation of the Qurʾan. This fascinating foundational seminal work contains stories handed down by Maʿmar to his most prominent pupil, ʿAbd al-Razzāq of Sanaa, relating Muḥammad’s early life and prophetic career as well as the adventures and tribulations of his earliest followers during their conquest of the Near East. This new translation, which renders the original text into readable, modern English for the first time, is accompanied by numerous annotations elucidating the cultural, religious, and historical contexts of the events and individuals described within its pages. The Expeditions represents an important testimony to the earliest Muslims’ memory of the lives of Muḥammad and his companions, and is an indispensable text for gaining insight into the historical biography of both the Prophet and the rise of the Islamic empire. An English-only edition.
Arabs
Author : Tim Mackintosh-Smith
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 681 pages
File Size : 10,87 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0300180284
Book Description
A riveting, comprehensive history of the Arab peoples and tribes that explores the role of language as a cultural touchstone This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source of shared cultural identity over the millennia. Mackintosh-Smith reveals how linguistic developments--from pre-Islamic poetry to the growth of script, Muhammad's use of writing, and the later problems of printing Arabic--have helped and hindered the progress of Arab history, and investigates how, even in today's politically fractured post-Arab Spring environment, Arabic itself is still a source of unity and disunity.
