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Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam: The Cultural Revival During the Buyid Age

Humanism in the Renaissance of Islam: The Cultural Revival During the Buyid Age

Kraemer

Paperback

IslamGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryInterior Design

ISBN10: 9004097368
ISBN13: 9789004097360
Publisher: Brill
Published: Oct 1 1992
Pages: 362
Weight: 1.51
Height: 0.98 Width: 6.48 Depth: 9.42
Language: English
Under the enlightened rule of the Buyid dynasty (945-1055 A.D.) the Islamic world witnessed an unequalled cultural renaissance. This book is an investigation into the nature of the environment in which the cultural transformation took place and into the cultural elite who were its bearers. After an extensive introductory section setting the stage, the book deals with the main schools and circles and with the outstanding individual representatives of this renaissance.
The main expression of this renaissance was a philosophical humanism that embraced the scientific and philosophical heritage of Classical Antiquity as a cultural and educational ideal. Along with this philosophical humanism, a literary humanism was cultivated by litterateurs, poets, and government secretaries. This renaissance was marked by a powerful assertion of individualism in the domains of literary creativity and political action. It thrived in a remarkably cosmopolitan atmosphere -- Baghdad, the center of the 'Abbāsid empire and of Buyid rule.

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