People of the Book: Empire and Social Science in the Islamic Commonwealth Period
Social science is often described as a product of nineteenth-century Europe and as a handmaiden to its imperial and colonial projects. However, centuries prior to the Western social science enterprise, Islamic imperial scholars developed their own “science of society.” This essay provides an overvie...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Socius |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211021200 |