1st Edition

Islam Essays in the Nature and Growth of a Cultural Tradition

By G E von Grunebaum Copyright 1955

    The essays in this volume deal with three fundamental problems in Islamic civilization; the growth among Muslims of a consciousness of belonging to a culture; the unity of Muslim civilization as expressed in literature, political thought, attitude to science and urban structure; and the interaction of Islam with other civilizations.

    Introduction; THE PROFILE OF MUSLIM CIVILIZATION; growth GROWTH; Chapter 2 THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTURE CONSCIOUSNESS IN ISLAM; Chapter 3 ARAB CULTURE; expressions EXPRESSIONS; Chapter 4 THE KORAN; Chapter 5 THE SPIRIT OF ISLAM AS SHOWN IN ITS LITERATURE; Chapter 6 MUSLIM WORLD VIEW AND MUSLIM SCIENCE; Chapter 7 GOVERNMENT IN ISLAM; Chapter 8 THE STRUCTURE OF THE MUSLIM TOWN; encnounters ENCOUNTERS; Chapter 9 ISLAM AND HELLENISM; Chapter 10 FIRDAUSÎ’S CONCEPT OF HISTORY; Chapter 11 ATTEMPTS AT SELF-INTERPRETATION IN CONTEMPORARY ISLAM; Chapter 12 WESTERNIZATION IN ISLAM AND THE THEORY OF CULTURAL BORROWING;