Living with Nature and Things

Contributions to a New Social History of the Middle Islamic Periods

Contributions by Nicolò Pini Contributions by Nikolaos Vryzidis Contributions by Aleksandar Shopov Contributions by Muhammad Shaaban Contributions by Miriam Kühn Contributions by Anthony Quickel Contributions by Raymond Ruhaak Contributions by Chirar Corbino Contributions by Julie Bonnéric Contributions by Stefan Peychev Contributions by Tobias Nünlist Contributions by Yossef Rapoport Contributions by Rachel Hoffman Contributions by Christopher Braun Contributions by Noha Abou-Khatwa Contributions by Hend Elsayed Contributions by Bilal Badat Contributions by Fien De Block Contributions by Raffaele Ranieri Contributions by Elisa Pruno Contributions by Chiara Marcotulli Contributions by Gül Sen Contributions by Warren C. Schultz Contributions by Iman R. Abdulfattah Contributions by Gül Kale Contributions by Yehoshua Frenkel Edited by Bethany J. Walker Edited by Abdelkader Al Ghouz

Book cover: Living with Nature and Things

Extent: 758 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies, Medieval Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(September 2020)

ISBN: 9783847111030

6.3 x 9.25 inches

Price: $163.00

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The work consists of three parts, which correspond to the themes Environmental History and Material Culture Studies and a third which bridges the gap between the two approaches (Practice and Knowledge Transfer). The present papers cover a wide range of such topics as urban pollution, local perceptions of weather, rural estate economy, Sufi understandings of nature and the body and mind, houses and socialization, text and gardens, local know-how and interdependence in medieval Syrian agriculture, crop selection and the medieval agricultural economy etc.


This edited volume represents the research results of two international conferences organized and sponsored by the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg: “Environmental Approaches in Pre-Modern Middle Eastern Studies” and “Material Culture Methods in the Middle Islamic Periods”. The following work consists of three parts, which correspond to the themes of the aforementioned conferences (Contributions to Environmental History and Material Culture Studies) and a third which bridges the gap between the two approaches (Practice and Knowledge Transfer). The present papers cover a wide range of such topics as urban pollution, local perceptions of weather, rural estate economy, Sufi understandings of nature and the body and mind, houses and socialization, text and gardens, local know-how and interdependence in medieval Syrian agriculture, crop selection and the medieval agricultural economy etc.

  • Contributions by Nicolò Pini
  • Contributions by Nikolaos Vryzidis
  • Contributions by Aleksandar Shopov
  • Contributions by Muhammad Shaaban
  • Contributions by Miriam Kühn
  • Contributions by Anthony Quickel
  • Contributions by Raymond Ruhaak
  • Contributions by Chirar Corbino
  • Contributions by Julie Bonnéric
  • Contributions by Stefan Peychev
  • Contributions by Tobias Nünlist
  • Contributions by Yossef Rapoport
  • Contributions by Rachel Hoffman
  • Contributions by Christopher Braun
  • Contributions by Noha Abou-Khatwa
  • Contributions by Hend Elsayed
  • Contributions by Bilal Badat
  • Contributions by Fien De Block
  • Contributions by Raffaele Ranieri
  • Contributions by Elisa Pruno
  • Contributions by Chiara Marcotulli
  • Contributions by Gül Sen
  • Contributions by Warren C. Schultz
  • Contributions by Iman R. Abdulfattah
  • Contributions by Gül Kale
  • Contributions by Yehoshua Frenkel
  • Edited by Bethany J. Walker
  • Edited by Abdelkader Al Ghouz