02542nam 2200529 450 991081140910332120230808200629.01-4744-0828-11-4744-2643-31-4744-2186-51-4744-0827-310.1515/9781474408271(CKB)3710000000963257(StDuBDS)EDZ0001740603(UkCbUP)CR9781474408271(DE-B1597)615278(DE-B1597)9781474408271(MiAaPQ)EBC6983405(Au-PeEL)EBL6983405(EXLCZ)99371000000096325720220929d2016 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierImagining the Arabs Arab identity and the rise of Islam /Peter WebbEdinburgh :Edinburgh University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (ix, 403 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).1-4744-0826-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note on the Text -- Introduction -- Part One. The Rise of Arab Communities -- 1. Imagining Ancient Arabs: Sources and Controversies -- 2. Pre-Islamic ‘Arabless-ness’: Arabian Identities -- 3. Arabness from the Qur’an to an Ethnos -- Part Two. The Changing Faces of Arabness in Early Islam -- 4. Interpreting Arabs: Defining their Name and Constructing their Family -- 5. Arabs as a People and Arabness as an Idea: 750–900 CE -- 6. Philologists, ‘Bedouinisation’ and the ‘Archetypal Arab’ after the Mid-Third/Ninth Century -- Imagining and Reimagining the Arabs: Conclusions -- Bibliography -- IndexInvestigating the core questions about Arab identity and history, this book tackles the time-honoured stereotypes that depict Arabs as ancient Arabian Bedouin, and reveals the stories to be a myth: tales told by Muslims to recreate the past to explain the meaning of Islam and its origins.Arab nationalismArab nationalism.320.5409174927NK 4100rvkWebb Peter1978-1673554MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811409103321Imagining the Arabs4037702UNINA