The Maghrib in the Mashriq by Maribel Fierro, Mayte Penelas - 9783110712698

The Maghrib in the MashriqKnowledge, Travel and Identity\nAuthor(s): Maribel Fierro, Mayte Penelas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: De Gruyter, Germany\nImprint: De Gruyter\nISBN-13: 9783110712698, 978-3110712698\nSynopsis\nThis is a pioneering book about the impact that knowledge produced in the Maghrib (Islamic North Africa and al-Andalus = Muslim Iberia) had on the rest of the Islamic world. \n\n It presents results achieved in the Research Project \""Local contexts and global dynamics: al-Andalus and the Maghrib in the Islamic East (AMOI)\"", funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FFI[tel]-R AEI/FEDER, UE) and directed by Maribel Fierro and Mayte Penelas. \n\n The book contains 18 contributions written by senior and junior scholars from different institutions all over the world. It is divided into five sections dealing with how knowledge produced in the Maghrib was integrated in the Mashriq starting with the emergence and construction of the concept 'M.