Moral conduct and authority : the place of adab in South Asian Islam
"The essays in this volume explore adab, the Muslim ideal of the harmonious life of a person who knows the proper relationship to God, to others, and to oneself, and who, as a result, plays a special role among his or her fellows."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©1984
University of California Press, Berkeley, ©1984
Conference papers and proceedings
xiii, 389 pages ; 25 cm
9780520046603, 0520046609
9280786
Classical adab
Adab as Islamic ideal
Adab as cosmopolitan culture
Alternatives to adab
Papers presented at a conference held at the University of California, Berkeley, June 7-9, 1979, sponsored by the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies
"Sponsored by the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies"--Half t.p. verso.
"Sponsored by the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies"--Half t.p. verso.