This is a collection of essays on current questions of historiography, illustrated with reference to Islamic historiography. The main concerns are conceptions of time and temporality, the uses of the past, historical periodisation, historical categorisation, and the constitution of historical objects, not least those called "civilisation" and "Islam". One of the aims of the book is to apply to Islamic materials the standard conceptual equipment used in historical study, and to exercise a large-scale comparativist outlook.
- ISBN10 6611377026
- ISBN13 9786611377021
- Publish Date 1 January 2007
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 22 June 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Central European University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 327
- Language English