Islam in European Thought (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521421201)

This collection of essays focuses on the relation between European and Islamic thought and culture from the late eighteenth to the twentieth century. Albert Hourani explores the development of ideas about Islam in European thought and discusses the individual writers who played an important part in informing and communicating an image of Islamic history and civilisation. He also examines some of the reactions of the Islamic world to the powerful new ideas of European civilization including the first Arabic encyclopedia and translation of Homer.

Author: Albert Hourani
ISBN-10: 0521421209
ISBN-13: 9780521421201
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/31/1992
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.62lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.54w x 0.58d