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A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrestIn ninth-century Abbasid Baghdad, the social prestige attached to claims of Arab identity had begun to decline. In The Excellence of the Arabs, the celebrated litterateur Ibn Qutaybah locks horns with those members of his society who...
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| Zusammenfassung: | A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrestIn ninth-century Abbasid Baghdad, the social prestige attached to claims of Arab identity had begun to decline. In The Excellence of the Arabs, the celebrated litterateur Ibn Qutaybah locks horns with those members of his society who belittled Arabness and vaunted the glories of Persian heritage and culture. Instead, he upholds the status of Arabs and their heritage in the face of criticism and uncertainty.The Excellence of the Arabs is in two parts. In the first, Arab Preeminence, which takes the form of an extended argument for Arab privilege, Ibn Qutaybah accuses his opponents of blasphemous envy. In the second, The Excellence of Arab Learning, he describes the fields of knowledge in which he believed pre-Islamic Arabians excelled, including knowledge of the stars, divination, horse husbandry, and poetry. By incorporating extensive excerpts from the poetic heritage--"the archive of the Arabs"--Ibn Qutaybah aims to demonstrate that poetry is itself sufficient evidence of Arab superiority.Eloquent and forceful, The Excellence of the Arabs addresses a central question at a time of great social flux, at the dawn of classical Muslim civilization: What does it mean to be Arab? |
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| spelling | Ibn Qutaybah, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muslim, 828-889? author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83043339 Faḍl al-ʻArab wa-al-tanbīh ʻalá ʻulūmihā. English The excellence of the Arabs / by Ibn Qutaybah ; translated by Sarah Bowen Savant and Peter Webb ; foreword by Jack Weatherford ; volume editor, Michael Cooperson. 1909 New York : New York Univeristy Press, 2019. 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer n rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier Library of Arabic Literature Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Cover; Letter from the General Editor; About this Paperback; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Note on the Text; Notes to the Introduction; Book One: Arab Preeminence; Book Two: The Excellence of Arab Learning; Horse Husbandry; Stars; Somatomancy; Physiognomancy; Augury, Lithomancy, Geomancy, and Soothsaying; Oratory; Poetry; Wisdom Poetry; Wisdom in the Prose and Rhyming Aphorisms of the Arabs; [Colophon]; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Further Reading; Index of Qurʼanic Verses; Index; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute; About the Translators A spirited defense of Arab identity from a time of political unrestIn ninth-century Abbasid Baghdad, the social prestige attached to claims of Arab identity had begun to decline. In The Excellence of the Arabs, the celebrated litterateur Ibn Qutaybah locks horns with those members of his society who belittled Arabness and vaunted the glories of Persian heritage and culture. Instead, he upholds the status of Arabs and their heritage in the face of criticism and uncertainty.The Excellence of the Arabs is in two parts. In the first, Arab Preeminence, which takes the form of an extended argument for Arab privilege, Ibn Qutaybah accuses his opponents of blasphemous envy. In the second, The Excellence of Arab Learning, he describes the fields of knowledge in which he believed pre-Islamic Arabians excelled, including knowledge of the stars, divination, horse husbandry, and poetry. By incorporating extensive excerpts from the poetic heritage--"the archive of the Arabs"--Ibn Qutaybah aims to demonstrate that poetry is itself sufficient evidence of Arab superiority.Eloquent and forceful, The Excellence of the Arabs addresses a central question at a time of great social flux, at the dawn of classical Muslim civilization: What does it mean to be Arab? Print version record. Islamic civilization Early works to 1800. Islamic Empire Intellectual life Early works to 1800. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern. bisacsh Islamic civilization fast Early works fast Savant, Sarah Bowen, translator. Webb, Peter, 1978- translator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2017015650 Cooperson, Michael, editor. has work: The excellence of the Arabs (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGPPYGyJFHRjYPBFMRJMT3 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Ibn Qutaybah, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muslim, 828-889? Faḍl al-ʻArab wa-al-tanbīh ʻalá ʻulūmihā. English. Excellence of the Arabs. New York : New York Univeristy Press, 2019 9781479859764 (DLC) 2019017348 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2090101 Volltext CBO01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2090101 Volltext |
| spellingShingle | Ibn Qutaybah, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muslim, 828-889? The excellence of the Arabs / Cover; Letter from the General Editor; About this Paperback; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Note on the Text; Notes to the Introduction; Book One: Arab Preeminence; Book Two: The Excellence of Arab Learning; Horse Husbandry; Stars; Somatomancy; Physiognomancy; Augury, Lithomancy, Geomancy, and Soothsaying; Oratory; Poetry; Wisdom Poetry; Wisdom in the Prose and Rhyming Aphorisms of the Arabs; [Colophon]; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Further Reading; Index of Qurʼanic Verses; Index; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute; About the Translators Islamic civilization Early works to 1800. Islamic Empire Intellectual life Early works to 1800. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern. bisacsh Islamic civilization fast |
| title | The excellence of the Arabs / |
| title_alt | Faḍl al-ʻArab wa-al-tanbīh ʻalá ʻulūmihā. |
| title_auth | The excellence of the Arabs / |
| title_exact_search | The excellence of the Arabs / |
| title_full | The excellence of the Arabs / by Ibn Qutaybah ; translated by Sarah Bowen Savant and Peter Webb ; foreword by Jack Weatherford ; volume editor, Michael Cooperson. |
| title_fullStr | The excellence of the Arabs / by Ibn Qutaybah ; translated by Sarah Bowen Savant and Peter Webb ; foreword by Jack Weatherford ; volume editor, Michael Cooperson. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The excellence of the Arabs / by Ibn Qutaybah ; translated by Sarah Bowen Savant and Peter Webb ; foreword by Jack Weatherford ; volume editor, Michael Cooperson. |
| title_short | The excellence of the Arabs / |
| title_sort | excellence of the arabs |
| topic | Islamic civilization Early works to 1800. Islamic Empire Intellectual life Early works to 1800. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern. bisacsh Islamic civilization fast |
| topic_facet | Islamic civilization Early works to 1800. Islamic Empire Intellectual life Early works to 1800. LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern. Islamic civilization Early works |
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