Islam and medieval Hellenism
Subtitle: social and cultural perspectives
By: Gustave E. von Grunebaum ; edited with a foreword by Dunning S. Wilson ; preface by Speros Vryonis, Jr.
Series: Variorum reprint ; CS48
Publisher: Variorum Reprints
Published: 1976
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
Subjects: Islam; Civilization, Islamic; Hellenism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes original pagings.
Reprints of articles in English, French, or German, originally published between 1937 and 1970.
Table of contents: title: 1. Islam and Hellenism.; title: 2. Islam.; title: 3. The problem.; title: 4. The structure of the Muslim town.; title: 5. The sacred character of Islamic cities.; title: 6. The convergence of cultural traditions in the Mediterranean area.; title: 7. The sources of Islamic civilization.; title: 8. The problem of cultural influence.; title: 9. Le concept de classicisme culturel.; title: 10. Islam.; title: 11. Islam.; title: 12. Parallelism, convergence, and influence in the relations of Arab and Byzantine philosophy, literature, and piety.; title: 13. Byzantine iconoclasm and the influence of the Islamic environment.; title: 14. Observations on the Muslim concept of evil.; title: 15. Literature in the context of Islamic civilization.; title: 16. Arabic poetics.; title: 17. On the origin and early development of Arabic muzdawij poetry.; title: 18. Greek form elements in the Arabian Nights.; title: 19. Eine poetische Polemik zwischen Byzanz und Bagdad im 10. Jahrhundert.; title: 20. Observations on city panegyrics in Arabic prose.