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1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Series |
Berkeley series in postclassical Islamic scholarship ; 5
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Berkeley series in postclassical Islamic scholarship ; 5.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The ladder of the sciences and its commentaries -- The ladder of the sciences : contents and orientations -- Anatomy of the commentary : an internal view -- Anatomy of the commentary : a view from above -- A translation and study of the Sullam. |
| Summary |
"Palimpsests of Themselves is an intervention in current discussions about the fate of philosophy in postclassical Islamic intellectual history. It takes up the most advanced logic textbook of Muslim South Asia, The Ladder of the Sciences, as a case study and engages its legacy in three ways. In addition to presenting the first full translation and extended commentary in English, Asad Q. Ahmed offers detailed assessments of the technical contributions of the work, explores the social and institutional settings of the vast commentarial response it elicited, and develops a theory of the philosophical commentary that is internal to the tradition. The technical, social, and theoretical approaches to the commentarial text complicate presuppositions upon which questions of Islam's intellectual decline are erected. As such, Ahmed offers a unique and powerful opportunity to understand the transmission of knowledge across the Islamic world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
| Subject |
Bahārī, Muḥibb Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Shakūr, -1707 or 1708. Sullam al-ʻulūm.
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Logic -- Early works to 1800.
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Logic. |
| Chronological Term |
Early works to 1800 |
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Islamic philosophy -- South Asia.
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Islamic philosophy. |
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South Asia. |
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Intellectual life -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Religion / Islam. |
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History / Middle East. |
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Intellectual life -- Religious aspects -- Islam. |
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Social Science / Islamic Studies. |
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HISTORY / Middle East / General. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Early works.
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| Added Author |
Container of (expression): Bahārī, Muḥibb Allāh ibn ʻAbd al-Shakūr, -1707 or 1708.
Sullam al-ʻulūm English.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Ahmed, Asad Q., 1977- Palimpsests of themselves Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022] 9780520344655 (DLC) 2021049352 |
| ISBN |
9780520975767 (ebook) |
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0520975766 |
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9780520344655 (paperback) |
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