A Learned Society in a Period of Transition

A Learned Society in a Period of TransitionAddresses the social significance of orthodox Islam during the medieval period in Baghdad. This book develops a new approach to the process of institutionalization and its social significance by focusing on Baghdad during the Sunni revival. Ephrat asserts that the Sunni revival was a period during which the fluid society of the "learned," the 'ulama', emerged as a more defined and exclusive group. By unveiling the world of learning beyond its legal

this book is the first study to document and analyse the issues in a frank exposé that challenges many of the myths about children and young people in Ireland

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Properly managing these plants is fundamental in developing Conservation Agriculture systems

An analysis of how nuclear weapons states have been able to 'normalise' nuclear weapons by practising elements of ‘nuclearism’

This chapter displays how Valio Group is pursuing its sustainability orientation phrased as ‘sustainability in all actions and all markets’

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the spectacle of popular leisure offered a view of working-class habits

the influence of Neoplatonism

through her patronage of men of letters and theologians as well as her own writings

There are multiple factors for why pigs develop diarrhea post-weaning and require treatment with antibiotics

John Walbridge uses Suhrawardī as a vehicle to explore the tendency of Platonic philosophers to romanticize oriental wisdom