TY - BOOK
T1 - Reflections on Knowledge and Language in Middle Eastern Societies
A2 - De Nicola, Bruno
A2 - Mendel, Yonatan
A2 - Qutbuddin, Husain
N1 - "This volume is the product of an international symposium on 'knowledge and language in Middle Eastern societies', which was held at the University of Cambridge, 18-19 October, 2008"--Foreword
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This book presents a collection of articles that put forward original research and significant insight regarding several key issues related to knowledge and language in Middle Eastern societies. The aspects studied include: the role of knowledge and language in affirming and negating political agendas and self-identities within areas of conflict and tension; ideas regarding the usefulness and interaction of religious and secular knowledge; and the attributes that render knowledge and language, especially that which is believed to be of divine origin, outstanding and worthy of admiration. The selection of studies has been purposefully diverse to include a variety of languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew and Persian, within multiple traditions, including Hellenism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, while focussing on a range of periods, from the classical to the mediaeval to the modern, and examining a range of issues, such as methods of analysing and interpreting Persian, Turkish and Arabic literature, literary and other attributes of the Bible and the Qur’an, diglossic languages, the Turkish modernisation project, Turkish-Kurdish tensions, Andalusian music, Azerbaijani politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
AB - This book presents a collection of articles that put forward original research and significant insight regarding several key issues related to knowledge and language in Middle Eastern societies. The aspects studied include: the role of knowledge and language in affirming and negating political agendas and self-identities within areas of conflict and tension; ideas regarding the usefulness and interaction of religious and secular knowledge; and the attributes that render knowledge and language, especially that which is believed to be of divine origin, outstanding and worthy of admiration. The selection of studies has been purposefully diverse to include a variety of languages, including Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew and Persian, within multiple traditions, including Hellenism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, while focussing on a range of periods, from the classical to the mediaeval to the modern, and examining a range of issues, such as methods of analysing and interpreting Persian, Turkish and Arabic literature, literary and other attributes of the Bible and the Qur’an, diglossic languages, the Turkish modernisation project, Turkish-Kurdish tensions, Andalusian music, Azerbaijani politics, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
KW - Middle East
KW - Civilization
KW - FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY
KW - Language and languages
KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW - Language and culture
M3 - Book
SN - 9781443824309
SN - 9781443824736
BT - Reflections on Knowledge and Language in Middle Eastern Societies
PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ER -