عنوان

Islamic letters in the European Enlightenment

Number

TL47823

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Islamic letters in the European Enlightenment

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

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[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Alexander Bevilacqua

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Grafton, Anthony T.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Princeton University

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

758

Text of Note

Committee members: Bell, David A.; Cook, Michael A.; Nirenberg, David

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-01353-5

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

History

Body granting the degree

Princeton University

Text preceding or following the note

2014

Text of Note

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the European study of Arabic and of Islamic intellectual traditions transformed, with important consequences. For the first time, European scholars accurately translated the Qur'an, other religious writings, and ancient Arabic poetry. They also used native sources to study Islamic history. At the same time, many European writers, both Catholic and Protestant, developed a newly sympathetic view of Islam, portraying it as a plausible set of beliefs with many similarities to Christianity. To justify their newfound interest in Islam, they re-categorized Muslims from 'heretics' to something akin to 'good pagans,' comparing them to the non-Christian thinkers of the Western tradition. At this time, Europeans relied upon Muslim commentaries to understand Arabic books, absorbing native interpretations. Drawing on research in seven countries and six languages, this thesis explains how Europeans came to understand Islamic letters at a time of intensified exchange between Europeans and Muslim peoples. It combines fine-grained analysis of individual episodes with attention to the period's broader intellectual transformations.

Religious history; European Studies; Islamic Studies

Subject Term

Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Arabic;Enlightenment;Islam;Orientalism;Scholarship

Bevilacqua, Alexander

Grafton, Anthony T.

Subdivision

History

Princeton University

Call Number

1558902634; 3626404

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[Thesis]

276903

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