Against Smoking e-bog
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A fascinating cultural history of the Ottoman response to tobacco, which includes one of the earliest fatwas on the subject."e;Michot provides an introduction into the work (Risaleh Dukhaniyyeh) and an outline of the scholarly debates concerning smoking that occured in Turkey in the 16th and 17th centuries."e; -Islamic Horizons"e;Against Smoking is a gem of scholarship. This compact...
E-bog
86,52 DKK
Forlag
Kube Publishing Ltd
Udgivet
15 marts 2016
Længde
108 sider
Genrer
HRH
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781847740953
A fascinating cultural history of the Ottoman response to tobacco, which includes one of the earliest fatwas on the subject."e;Michot provides an introduction into the work (Risaleh Dukhaniyyeh) and an outline of the scholarly debates concerning smoking that occured in Turkey in the 16th and 17th centuries."e; -Islamic Horizons"e;Against Smoking is a gem of scholarship. This compact book is a major contribution to the study of Islamic pietism in general and Ottoman religious and cultural history in particular."e; -Professor Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Washington University in St. LouisOne of the earliest Arabic texts against smoking, Ahmad al-Aqhisari's Epistle on Tobacco is presented here for the first time in a scholarly edition, together with a fully annotated English translation. Yahya Michot expertly sets the epistle within its Ottoman social, intellectual, and historical context. Includes thirty illustrations.