The Aesthetics ofPost Bellum: From Umberto Eco to Abu al-ʿAlaʾ al-Maʿarri

Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician Umberto Eco (b. 1932) is a thinker of great versatility, whose interests span from the mediaeval world of aesthetic theory to contemporary debates about semiology, and whose publications address topics as diverse as the aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas and the sociology of jeans. He is also well known for his fictional writing which is informed by his academic work. As a semioti...

Comparative Study of Illustration of three Manuscripts from the “Kitab al-Hiyal” Written by Badi' al-Zaman al-Jazari

Badi' al-Zaman al-Jazari is a scientist, designer and engineer of Islamic civilization in the sixth century AH who lived in the Diyarbakir (South east of turkey), and has 50 new machines in his book “Al-Jami' bayn al-‘ilm wa 'l-‘amal al-nafi' fi sina'at al-hiyal (A Compendium on the Theory and Useful Practice of the Mechanical Arts)” has described and illustrated. This book, which is a document...

Jacobite Explanation of the Trinity in the Context of Muʿtazilite Theology: Abu Raʾitah al-Takriti

The Melkites, Jacobites, and Nestorians were the main Christian communities under Muslim rule. Several pre-Islamic Arab Christian authors wrote treatises concerning their beliefs in Arabic, some of which date back to the early Islamic centuries. The multiplicity of such polemical works suggests an intellectually open society and a degree of tolerance shown by Muslim leaders. Abu Raʾita...

MIFTAH AL-TIBB WA-MINHAJ AL-TULLAB THE KEY TO THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE AND THE STUDENTS GUIDE TO STUDY

MIFTAH AL-TIBB WA-MINHAJ AL-TULLAB: THE KEY TO THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE AND THE STUDENTS GUIDE TO STUDY