Seek Knowledge: Thought and Travel in the House of Islam
Explores various facets of the Islamic search for knowledge, with essays on aspects of Thought or Travel.
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Seek Knowledge: Thought and Travel in the House of Islam
Explores various facets of the Islamic search for knowledge, with essays on aspects of Thought or Travel.
49.99 In Stock
Seek Knowledge: Thought and Travel in the House of Islam

Seek Knowledge: Thought and Travel in the House of Islam

by Ian Richard Netton
Seek Knowledge: Thought and Travel in the House of Islam

Seek Knowledge: Thought and Travel in the House of Islam

by Ian Richard Netton

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Overview

Explores various facets of the Islamic search for knowledge, with essays on aspects of Thought or Travel.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781136103704
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/11/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

IAN RICHARD NETTON

Table of Contents

Section One THOUGHT; Chapter 1 THE MYSTERIES OF ISLAM; Chapter 2 FOREIGN INFLUENCES AND RECURRING ISM?‘?L? MOTIFS IN THE RAS?‘IL OF THE BRETHREN OF PURITY; Chapter 3 THE NEOPLATONIC SUBSTRATE OF SUHRAWARD?‘S PHILOSOPHY OF ILLUMINATION; Chapter 4 THEOPHANY AS PARADOX; Chapter 5 THE BREATH OF FELICITY; Section Two TRAVEL; Chapter 6 IBN JUBAYR; Chapter 7 MYTH, MIRACLE AND MAGIC IN THE RI?LA OF IBN BA????A; Chapter 8 ARABIA AND THE PILGRIM PARADIGM OF IBN BA????A; Chapter 9 BASIC STRUCTURES AND SIGNS OF ALIENATION IN THE RI?LA OF IBN JUBAYR; Chapter 10 TOURIST ADAB AND CAIRENE ARCHITECTURE Index;
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