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"How widespread was authorship among rulers in the premodern Islamic world? The writings of different types of rulers in different regions and periods are analyzed in this book, from the early centuries in the central lands of Islam to 19th century Sudan. The composition of poetry appears as the most fertile area for authorship among rulers. Prose writings show a wide variety, from astrology to bookmaking, from autobiography to creeds. Some of the rulers made claims to special knowledge, but in all cases authorship played a special role in the construction of the rulers' authority and legitimacy"--

Arabic literature --- Kings and rulers as authors --- Kings' and rulers' writings --- Politics in literature. --- Authority in literature. --- Legitimacy of governments in literature. --- History and criticism. --- History.

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Le terme « Berbère », qui désigne la population du Maghreb au moment de la conquête islamique, renvoie à l’idée du caractère autochtone de cette dernière. Cette altérité coexiste cependant dans les textes avec la revendication du caractère oriental des Berbères, à travers l’élaboration de généalogies fictives des tribus, qui présente le Maghreb comme orientalisé avant même la conquête. Mais cette construction s’est accompagnée, très vite, d’un discours des auteurs maghrébins qui revendiquait la place originale et éminente des Berbères face aux Orientaux dans le plan divin, par une inversion assumée des polarités de l’Islam et des hiérarchies des peuples musulmans. Les études réunies dans ce volume analysent cette tension permanente dans le discours, entre la revendication d’une origine orientale et celle d’un rôle éminent des populations musulmanes du Maghreb dans le destin de l’Islam. Los autores árabes de la Edad Media se referían a los pueblos del Magreb con el nombre de bereberes, que hasta entonces no se había utilizado en este contexto. Esta categoría se presenta, pues, como algo completamente nuevo, y se inscribe en el proceso de construcción de un discurso sobre el Islam y su historia compartido por autores árabes de Oriente y Occidente. Este volumen examina la evolución de las representaciones de los bereberes y su lugar en el Islam, en relación con los cambios políticos e ideológicos que experimenta el Magreb medieval.

History --- Berbères --- discours historique --- ethnogenèse --- Islam --- Maghreb --- Moyen Âge --- Bereberes --- discurso histórico --- Edad Media --- etnogénesis --- Magreb

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This volume explores the use of violence in the construction of Islamic public and private spheres. It contributes to the growing interest in the vital question of Muslim attitudes towards violence. Editors blurb: This volume offers the first hitherto available overview of the role of public violence in the history of Muslim societies. Islam is often perceived as a civilization breeding violence toward the outside. To counter such negative stereotypes, the approach of this volume is to stress the nature of violence as a means of political dominion. The volume demonstrates the diversity of attitudes toward violence within Muslim societies and thus helps to overcome essentialist assumptions about Islamic violence.

Violence --- Public opinion --- Muslims --- Islam and social problems. --- Social problems and Islam --- Social problems --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam --- Opinion, Public --- Perception, Public --- Popular opinion --- Public perception --- Public perceptions --- Judgment --- Social psychology --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Focus groups --- Reputation --- Violent behavior --- Public opinion. --- Social conditions. --- Islamic countries --- Muslim countries --- Political violence --- Islam and social problems --- History. --- Political crimes and offenses --- Terrorism --- Social conditions --- histoire --- Pays islamiques