Pre-Eighteenth-Century Traditions of Revivalism

Damascus in the Thirteenth Century

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ID2802269
AuthorsKonrad Hirschler (0000-0002-6012-7711, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume68
Issue2
Pages195-214
Publication date2005-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0041977x05000108
OpenAlexW2105553750
LanguageEN
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this article examines whether it is possible to trace eighteenth- and nineteenth-century revivalist thought to earlier 'medieval' examples. the discussion is centred on the issue of ijtiha ̄d/taqli ̄d, which featured prominently in revivalist thought. taking the example of scholars in thirteenth-century damascus, it firstly compares the respective readings of ijtiha ̄d/taqli ̄d, by focusing on one individual, abu ̄ sha ̄ma (d. 1267). it secondly asks whether a scholar like abu ̄ sha ̄ma, who had adopted a reading similar to later revivalists, also took a critical and oppositional stand against large sections of his contemporary society, i.e. a revivalist posture. it is this article's main contention that the example of abu ̄ sha ̄ma shows the need to study in more detail possible revivalist traditions prior to the 'grand' movements. the combination of the history of ideas and social history might allow a deeper understanding of how and in what contexts calls for reform and opposition to the current state of affairs were expressed

Art · Literature · Opposition (politics) · Political science · Politics · Reading (process) · State (computer science) · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Classics · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity

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