The Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West / / George Makdisi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Makdisi, George,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Challenging beliefs about intellectual culture, Makdisi reaffirms the links between Western and Arabic thought and shows that although scholasticism and humanism have long been considered to be exclusive to the Western world, they have their roots in the medieval Islamic world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- PART ONE. SCHOLASTICISM -- Chapter I. Historical Background of the Scholastic Movement -- Chapter II. Creation of the Guilds of Law: The Madhabs -- Chapter III. The Professionalization of Legal Studies: The Guild Colleges and the Doctorate -- Chapter IV. Rationalist Infiltration of Traditionalist Institutions -- PART TWO. TYPOLOGY OF ADAB INSTITUTIONS -- Chapter I. Waqf Institutions -- Chapter II. Private and Government Non-Waqf Institutions -- Chapter III. Books and the Law of Waqf -- PART THREE. INSTRUCTION: THE ORGANIZATION OF KNOWLEDGE -- Chapter I. Humanism in the Organization of Religious Knowledge -- Chapter II. Relation of Adab to Authority, Hadith and Law -- PART FOUR. INSTRUCTION: MAJOR FIELDS OF ADAB-HUMANISM -- Chapter I. Grammar -- Chapter II. Poetry -- Chapter III. Eloquence -- Chapter IV. Oratory -- Chapter V. Epistolary Art -- Chapter VI. History -- Chapter VII. Moral Philosophy -- PART FIVE. INSTRUCTION: THE METHODOLOGY OF LEARNING -- Chapter I. Memory -- Chapter II. Mudhakara -- Chapter III. Munazara -- Chapter IV. Tools of the Humanist -- Chapter V. The Method of Dictation -- Chapter VI. Self-Teaching -- PART SIX. THE HUMANIST COMMUNITY -- Chapter I. The Patron and the Scholar-Humanist -- Chapter II. The Student-Humanist -- Chapter III. Amateur Humanists -- Chapter IV. Professional Humanists -- PART SEVEN. CLASSICAL ISLAM AND THE CHRISTIAN WEST -- Chapter I. Studies on the Origins and Antecedents of Humanism -- Chapter II. Jacob Burckhardt's Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy -- Chapter III. Institutions of the Scholastic Movement: The Masjid-Inn Colleges and the London Inns of Court -- Chapter IV. Instruction: The Amali and the Dictamina -- Chapter V. Instruction: The Humanistic Studies -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDICES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX