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G. E. von Grunebaum (1909–1972)

Author of Medieval Islam: A Study in Cultural Orientation

16+ Works 287 Members 2 Reviews

About the Author

G. E. von Grunebaum was professor of history and director of the Near Eastern Center at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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Works by G. E. von Grunebaum

Medieval Islam: A Study in Cultural Orientation (1947) 96 copies

Classical Islam : a History 600-1258 (1966) 73 copies

Fischer Weltgeschichte, Bd.15, Der Islam II (1971) 47 copies

Muhammadan Festivals (1951) — Author — 19 copies

Modern Islam: The Search for Cultural Identity (1962) 16 copies

Islam: Essays in the Nature and Growth of a Cultural Tradition (1961) 12 copies

Unity and variety in Muslim civilization (1955) 6 copies

The Dream and Human Societies (1966) 6 copies

Theology and law in Islam (1971) 3 copies

Islam and Mediaeval Hellenism: Social and Cultural Perspectives (Variorum reprint ; CS48) (1976) 2 copies

Medieval Islam ( a Vital Study of Islam at Its Zenith ) (1962) 2 copies

Spirit of Islam as Shown in its Literature, The," Studia Islamics, No. 1, 1953, pp. 101-119 1 copy

Medieval Islam: A Vital Study of Islam At Its Zenith 1 copy

The American Anthropologist Comparative Studies of Cultures and Civilizations No. 2 - Studies In Islamic Cultural… 1 copy

The American Anthropologist Comparative Studies of Cultures and Civilizations No. 4 - Islam Essays in the Nature and… 1 copy

Logic in classical Islamic culture (1970) 1 copy

Associated Works

Instruction of the Student: The Method of Learning (2003) — Translator, some editions — 34 copies

Near Eastern Culture and Society: A Symposium on the Meeting of East and West (1951) — Contributor — 17 copies

A Tenth-Century Document of Arabic Literary Theory and Criticism: The Sections on Poetry of al-Bâqillânî's I'jâz… (1975) — Translator, some editions — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Grunebaum, Gustave Edmund von
Birthdate: 1909-09-01
Date of death: 1972-02-27
Gender: male
Nationality: Austria (birth)
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Place of death: Los Angeles, California, USA
Places of residence: Vienna, Austria
Los Angeles, California, USA
Education: University of Vienna
Occupations: historian
Arabist
Organizations: University of Chicago [1943-1957]
University of California, Los Angeles
Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
Institut d'Egypte
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Philosophical Society

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Medieval Islam by Gustave E. von Grunebaum

A set of selections covering the civilization, from the earliest times to the coming of the Ottomans. It's deserving of shelf space.

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Works: 16
Also by: 3
Members: 287
Popularity: #81,379
Rating: 4.2

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 36
Languages: 3

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