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The Rise of Colleges

Institutions of Learning in Islam and the West

By: George Makdisi

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The Rise of Colleges

Institutions of Learning in Islam and the West

By: George Makdisi

Makdisi’s important work traces the development and organisational structure of learning institutions in Islam, and reassesses scholarship on the origins and growth of the Madrasa.

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Ibn'Aqil

Religion and Culture in Classical Islam

By: George Makdisi

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Religion and Culture in Classical Islam

By: George Makdisi

This biography of the Muslim scholastic and humanist Ibn 'Aqil (A.H. 431-513/ A.D. 1040-1119) sheds light on one of the most important periods of classical Islam, one which has had a significant impact on religious and intellectual culture in the Christian Latin West.

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1474470637

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Religion, Law and Learning in Classical Islam

By: George Makdisi

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Religion, Law and Learning in Classical Islam

By: George Makdisi

This second selection of articles by George Makdisi concentrates on the schools of religious thought and legal learning in the medieval Islamic world and their defence of ’orthodoxy’. The author aims to review and re-assess the implications of the conflict between, first, the ’rationalist’ and the ’traditional’ theologians (the one accepting the influence of Greek philosophy, the other rejecting it), and then between one of these traditionalist schools - the Hanbali school of law - and Sufi mysticism. One of the most important consequences of the first of these confrontations, he contends, was the emergence of the schools of law as the guardians of the faith and theological orthodoxy. The final section of the book also looks at the structure of legal learning, at the institutions themselves, their organization and the principles upon which they operated. As well as entering the debate over the existence of corporations and guilds of law in classical Islam - maintaining that they did exist - these articles further suggest links between such institutions and the evolution of universities in the medieval West, and the Inns of Court in England, and discuss the Islamic and Arabic contribution to the concepts of academic amd intellectual freedom and to the development of scholasticism and humanism. Cette deuxième sélection d'articles de George Makdisi se concentre sur les écoles de pensée religieuse et d'apprentissage juridique dans le monde islamique médiéval et leur défense de « l'orthodoxie ». L'auteur entend passer en revue et réévaluer les implications du conflit entre d'abord les théologiens « rationalistes » et « traditionnels » (l'un acceptant l'influence de la philosophie grecque, l'autre la rejetant), puis entre l'un d'eux écoles traditionalistes - l'école de droit Hanbali - et le mysticisme soufi. L'une des conséquences les plus importantes de la première de ces confrontations, soutient-il, a été l'émergence des écoles de droit en tant que gardiennes de la foi et de l'orthodoxie théologique. La dernière section du livre examine également la structure de l'apprentissage juridique, les institutions elles-mêmes, leur organisation et les principes sur lesquels elles fonctionnent. En plus d'entrer dans le débat sur l'existence des corporations et des guildes de la loi dans l'Islam classique - maintenant qu'elles existaient - ces articles suggèrent en outre des liens entre de telles institutions et l'évolution des universités dans l'Occident médiéval, et les Inns of Court en Angleterre. , et discuter de la contribution islamique et arabe aux concepts de liberté académique et intellectuelle et au développement de la scolastique et de l'humanisme.

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Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West

By: Makdisi George Makdisi

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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.

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Ibn'Aqil

Religion and Culture in Classical Islam

By: George Makdisi

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Rise of Colleges

By: George Makdisi

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Makdisi's important work traces the development and organisational structure of learning institutions in Islam, and reassesses scholarship on the origins and growth of the Madrasa.

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Law and Education in Medieval Islam

Studies in Memory of Professor George Makdisi

By: George Makdisi,Joseph Edmund Lowry,Devin J. Stewart,Shawkat M. Toorawa

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Law and Education in Medieval Islam

Studies in Memory of Professor George Makdisi

By: George Makdisi,Joseph Edmund Lowry,Devin J. Stewart,Shawkat M. Toorawa

These ten essays were written in honour of George Makdisi, one of the great historians of Islamic law, theology and education, as well as of Islam's teaching institutions and practices.

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Beirut Fragments

A War Memoir

By: Jean Said Makdisi

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Beirut Fragments

A War Memoir

By: Jean Said Makdisi

An intensely personal yet timelessly crafted portrait of life in a worn-torn city, Beirut Fragments spans the years of the civil war in Lebanon, 1975-1990. When thousands fled, Jean Said Makdisi chose to stay. She raised three sons, taught English and Humanities at Beirut University College -- and she wrote. She records the breakdown of society and the physical destruction of Beirut, the massacres of Sabra and Shatila, the Israeli Invasion, everyday acts of terrorism, the struggle to maintain ordinary routines amid chaos, and the incredible spirit of a people. A Palestinian, a Christian, a woman who has lived in Jerusalem, Cairo, the United States, and Beirut, Jean Said Makdisi uses the migrations of her own life as a paradigm which helps elucidate many of the conflicts in the region. The new afterword covers the postwars years, from the last ceasefire to the present day.

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George Braziller

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Rise of Colleges

By: George Makdisi

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Rise of Colleges

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Makdisi's important work traces the development and organisational structure of learning institutions in Islam, and reassesses scholarship on the origins and growth of the Madrasa.

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The Rise of Colleges

The Rise of Colleges

Ibn'Aqil

Ibn'Aqil

Religion, Law and Learning in Classical Islam

Religion, Law and Learning in Classical Islam

Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West

Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West

Ibn'Aqil

Ibn'Aqil

Rise of Colleges

Rise of Colleges

Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West

Rise of Humanism in Classical Islam and the Christian West

Law and Education in Medieval Islam

Law and Education in Medieval Islam

Religion, Law and Learning in Classical Islam

Religion, Law and Learning in Classical Islam

Beirut Fragments

Beirut Fragments

Rise of Colleges

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