Freethinkers of Medieval Islam : : Ibn al-Rāwandī, Abū Bakr al-Rāzī, and Their Impact on Islamic Thought / / Sarah Stroumsa.
This book endeavors to identify and define the phenomenon of freethinking in medieval Islam, in particular as exemplified in the figures of the two most notorious intellectual heretics, Ibn al-Rāwandī (9th C.) and Abū Bakr al-Rāzī (10th C.). The development of Islamic freethinking is analyzed on the...
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| Superior document: | Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ; 35 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden;, Boston : : BRILL,, 1999. |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
| Notes: | First published 1965 by Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited. |
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; PREFACE; GLOSSARY; DATES; ARABIA AND HER NEIGHBOURS; THE PROPHET; THE FIRST CONQUESTS; THE CIVIL WARS; THE ARAB EMPIRE; THE ABBASID REVOLUTION; THE BREAKUP OF THE CALIPHATE; THE ISMA'ILIAN SCHISM; THE TURKISH IRRUPTION; THE CHRISTIAN COUNTER-ATTACK; THE MONGOL DISASTER; THE CIVILIZATION OF MEDIEVAL ISLAM; INDEX