Adab and Modernity: A Civilising Process ? (Sixteenth-Twenty-First Century)

By Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen

Adab is a concept situated at the heart of Arabic and Islamic civilization. What became of it, towards modernity? The question of the civilising process (Norbert Elias) helps us reflect on this story.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004415912
• ISBN13: 9789004415911
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 728 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 9.4"