Zwanzig Jahre Alltag
Lebens-, Welt- und Selbstbild im Journal des Ahmad Ibn Tawq
By (author) Torsten Wollina Series edited by Stephan Conermann
Hardback (Published)
(July 2014)
ISBN: 9783847102946
6.3 x 9.25 inches
Price: $74.00
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Ahmad Ibn Tawq’s Ta’liq (d. 1510) is one of only a few examples that survived from an indigenous arabic diary tradition which lasted about a thousand years. It is also by far the most extensive one, its edition amounting to almost 2,000 pages covering twenty years. Despite considerable scholarly attention in recent years, this is the first monograph dedicated to the Ta’liq, not as a source but as the subject of inquiry. To these ends, Torsten Wollina discusses it as an ego-document shedding new light on the interdependence of text form and presented information.
English summary: Ahmad Ibn Tawq’s Ta’liq (d. 1510) is one of only a few examples that survived from an indigenous arabic diary tradition which lasted about a thousand years. It is also by far the most extensive one, its edition amounting to almost 2,000 pages covering twenty years. Despite considerable scholarly attention in recent years, this is the first monograph dedicated to the Ta’liq, not as a source but as the subject of inquiry. To these ends, Torsten Wollina discusses it as an ego-document shedding new light on the interdependence of text form and presented information. The first of four chapters frames the study by placing the Ta’liq within the arabic diary tradition, which conformed both to the needs of historians (as primary sources) and to those of each author (as a pragmatic text for everyday use). Chapters 2 and 3 give attention to Ibn Tawq’s worldview, treating his household and his social contacts in the wider world, respectively. The final chapter addresses the author’s self image and the concepts of self available in his times. German description: Ahmad Ibn Tawqs (1443-1510) Ta’liq ist eines von wenigen arabischen Tagebuchern, die aus einer 1000 Jahre wahrenden Tradition erhalten sind. Seit der Veroffentlichung des ersten Bandes im Jahr 2000 hat es sich zu einem grundlegenden Quelltext fur die Sozial-, Wirtschafts- und Mentalitatsgeschichte der Mamlukenzeit entwickelt. In diesem Buch nimmt Torsten Wollina erstmals diesen einzigartigen Text selbst in den Fokus. Als umfangreichstes uberliefertes Exemplar einer weit verbreiteten Praxis eroffnet er Einblicke sowohl in die Methoden und Praktiken literarischer und schrifttumlicher Produktion als auch in die sozialen Realitaten seiner Zeit. Als Selbstzeugnis erlaubt der Text Ruckschlusse darauf, wie sein Autor sich selbst im Verhaltnis zu anderen Menschen und zu der Welt im Ganzen sah.
- By (author) Torsten Wollina
- Series edited by Stephan Conermann
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