Justin K Stearns

Gebundenes Buch

Infectious Ideas

Contagion in Premodern Islamic and Christian Thought in the Western Mediterranean

Beschreibung

Based on Stearns's analysis of Muslim and Christian legal, theological, historical, and medical texts in Arabic, Medieval Castilian, and Latin, Infectious Ideas is the first book to offer a comparative discussion of concepts of contagion in the premodern Mediterranean world.

Autor

Justin K. Stearns is an assistant professor in the Arab Crossroads Studies Program at New York University-Abu Dhabi.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 161mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 559g
• ISBN-13: 9780801898730
• ISBN-10: 0801898730
• Artikelnr.: 32972975