Studies in Medieval Islamic Intellectual Traditions - Paperback

by Hassan Ansari (Author), Sabine Schmidtke (Author)

The present volume focuses on aspects of Islamic thought in Iran and Yemen, and other regions of the Middle East, ninth through fifteenth century CE, through a close study of manuscript materials. The book's sixteen chapters are arranged under five rubrics: Mu'tazilism, Zaydism in Iran and in Yemen, Twelver Shi'ism, Mysticism, and Bibliographical Traditions. The material included in the book has been published previously in a different version. The appearance of these studies together in a single volume makes this book a significant and welcome contribution to the field of classical Islamic Studies.

Author Biography

Hassan Ansari earned his doctorate at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE) of the Sorbonne, Paris. He is currently a long-term member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His publications include Accusations of Unbelief in Islam: A Diachronic Perspective on Takfir (edited with. Camilla Adang, Maribel Fierro, and Sabine Schmidtke; Leiden, 2015), L'imamat et l'Occultation selon l'imamisme: Etude bibliographique et histoire des textes (Leiden 2017), and a critical edition of Ibn al-Malahimi's Tuhfat al-mutakallimin fi l-radd 'ala l-falasifa (Tehran 2008, with Wilferd Madelung). Sabine Schmidtke is professor of Islamic intellectual history in the School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.