Near Eastern Culture and Society / / Theodore Cuyler Young.

Eleven scholars present a broad survey of Arabic-Islamic culture and society in the Near East. Art, literature, science, philosophy, religion, politics, international relations, and social problems are considered.Originally published in 1966.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-dema...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©1966
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5052
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Physical Description:1 online resource (276 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Near East Perspective: the Past and the Present
  • Part I. The West Meets the East: Progress and Prospect in Islamic Studies
  • 2. Islamic Art and Archeology
  • 3. Islamic Literature: Arabic
  • 4. Islamic Literature: Persian
  • 5. Islamic Science
  • 6. Islamic Religion
  • Part II. The East Meets the West: Current Problems of Near Eastern Peoples
  • 7. The Interaction of Islamic and Western Thought in Turkey
  • 8. Interaction of Islamic and Western Thought in Iran
  • 9. The Interaction of Islamic and Western Thought in the Arab World
  • 10. The National and International Relations of Turkey
  • 11. The National and International Relations of Iran
  • 12. The National and International Relations of the Arab States
  • Conclusion
  • 13. Near East Perspective: the Present and the Future
  • Index