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" Al-Azhar and the Orders of Knowledge "
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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802724
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TL47895
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1613158606; 3635041
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| Main Entry
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Aslan, Rose S.
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Al-Azhar and the Orders of Knowledge
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\ Dahlia El-Tayeb M. Gubara
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Bulliet, Richard W.
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Columbia University
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2014
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Ph.D.
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2014
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History
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385
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-15836-6
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| Abstract
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Founded by the Fatimids in 970 A.D., al-Azhar has been described variously as 'the great mosque of Islam,' 'the brilliant one,' 'a great seat of learning...whose light was dimmed.' Yet despite its assumed centrality, the illustrious mosque-seminary has elicited little critical study. The existing historiography largely relies on colonial-nationalist teleologies that are grounded in a strong centrifugal essentialism: positioning Cairo (and al-Azhar) at a center, around which faithfully revolve concentric peripheries.
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Middle Eastern history; Islamic Studies; Middle Eastern Studies
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Social sciences;18th century;Al-Azhar;Cairo;Disciplines;Knowledge and ethics;Modernity
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Bulliet, Richard W.
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Columbia University
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History
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