{"product_id":"the-world-in-a-book-alnuwayri-and-the-islamic-encyclopedic-tradition-9780691175560","title":"The World in a Book  AlNuwayri and the Islamic","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the author's dissertation (doctoral)-- Harvard University, 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize, Journal of the History of Ideas\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Honorable Mention for the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Winner of the John Nicholas Brown Prize, Medieval Academy of America\"\u003cbr\u003e\"In this erudite book, Elias Muhanna deftly analyzes the epistemological structure of al-Nuwayri's immense encyclopedia and places it into its many rich intellectual, cultural, and historical contexts.\"\u003cb\u003e---Nasser Rabbat, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elias Muhanna’s \u003ci\u003eThe World in a Book: Al-Nuwayri and the Islamic Encyclopedic Tradition \u003c\/i\u003eis an erudite, scrupulously researched, and eminentlyreadable book that marks a significant contribution to studies in Arabic literature, Mamluk history, and the production and circulation of knowledgein the medieval Islamicate world.\"\u003cb\u003e---Mimi Hanaoka, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Islamic Social Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There are few books in the field of pre-modern Islamic intellectual history that are both original contributions to scholarship and such a pleasure to read that they would interest a broad audience of non-specialists. This book is one of them.\"\u003cb\u003e---Matthew L. Keegan, \u003ci\u003eArab Studies Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003eMuhanna’s well-researched The World in a Book presents an exciting exploration\u003cbr\u003eof the conditions of creating a compendium in the fourteenth century. . . a fascinating read for all lover of knowledge\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Duygy Yildirim, \u003ci\u003eNazariyat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe World in a Book \u003c\/i\u003eis edifying, lucidly-written, and enjoyable to read. . . . Al-Nuwayrī’s world of Mamluk\u003cbr\u003eEgypt and Syria is vividly brought to life. Muhanna’s book also potentially enables very fruitful comparative conversations on encyclopedism in Middle Eastern and Western traditions. It is an important work that moves the study of “post-classical” Arabic literature significantly forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cb\u003e---Nathaniel A. Miller, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Arabic Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359111938391,"sku":"9780691175560","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691175560.jpg?v=1754123632","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-world-in-a-book-alnuwayri-and-the-islamic-encyclopedic-tradition-9780691175560","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}