Review Article

An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga

Volume: 3 Number: 1 September 29, 2012
  • Y. Tzvi Langermann
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An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga

Abstract

First paragraph: This huge volume of nearly six-hundred pages, published by I. B. Tauris in collaboration with The Institute of Ismaili Studies (New York & London, 2011) and edited by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga, comprises two essays about the honoree (a biography and a bibliography) and twenty studies that are published in his honor. The volume is subtitled “Ismaili and other Islamic Studies.” Though the papers do all have an Islamic, usually Shīʿī, connection, they nonetheless range very widely over different subject matters (philosophy, religious sects, poetry, history, and more), languages (Arabic, Persian, and Turkish texts), time periods (early medieval period through the eighteenth century), lengths (from six to sixty pages), and approaches. Such thematic and literary diversity goes against the grain of current sensibilities, which are unforgiving of any deviation from “thematic unity.” I, for one, very much welcome a volume of this sort, where the only standards are relevance to the many fields of study of interest to the honoree and, of course, the quality of the scholarship. Indeed, it would be a great advantage to scholars, especially those who take upon themselves to publish volumes of essays, to be relieved of the need to demonstrate “thematic unity,” and to be allowed to concentrate instead on quality alone, as the editor has done for this book.

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  1. Y. Tzvi Langermann, An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa, An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Isla-mic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga (ed.)

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Religious Studies

Journal Section

Review Article

Authors

Y. Tzvi Langermann This is me
0000-0002-0235-4115
Israel

Publication Date

September 29, 2012

Submission Date

February 27, 2012

Acceptance Date

April 16, 2012

Published in Issue

Year 2012 Volume: 3 Number: 1

APA
Langermann, Y. T. (2012). An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga. Ilahiyat Studies, 3(1), 107-116. https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2012.31.51
AMA
1.Langermann YT. An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga. IS. 2012;3(1):107-116. doi:10.12730/13091719.2012.31.51
Chicago
Langermann, Y. Tzvi. 2012. “An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga”. Ilahiyat Studies 3 (1): 107-16. https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2012.31.51.
EndNote
Langermann YT (September 1, 2012) An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga. Ilahiyat Studies 3 1 107–116.
IEEE
[1]Y. T. Langermann, “An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga”, IS, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 107–116, Sept. 2012, doi: 10.12730/13091719.2012.31.51.
ISNAD
Langermann, Y. Tzvi. “An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga”. Ilahiyat Studies 3/1 (September 1, 2012): 107-116. https://doi.org/10.12730/13091719.2012.31.51.
JAMA
1.Langermann YT. An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga. IS. 2012;3:107–116.
MLA
Langermann, Y. Tzvi. “An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga”. Ilahiyat Studies, vol. 3, no. 1, Sept. 2012, pp. 107-16, doi:10.12730/13091719.2012.31.51.
Vancouver
1.Y. Tzvi Langermann. An Important Collection of New Studies on the Shīʿa An Essay Review of Fortresses of the Intellect: Ismaili and Other Islamic Studies in Honour of Farhad Daftary by Omar Alí-de-Unzaga. IS. 2012 Sep. 1;3(1):107-16. doi:10.12730/13091719.2012.31.51
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