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Cover illustration: original calligraphy by Eyas Alshayeb (@Eyas Alshayeb 2018) of the title “al-adab wa-l-tamaddun” (al-adab and the civilising process).Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataNames: Mayeur-Jaouen, Catherine, editor. Title: Adab and modernity : a “civilising” process? (sixteenth--twenty-first century) / edited by Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen. Description: Leiden : Brill, [2020] | Series: Islamic literatures: texts and studies, 2214-6601 ; vol. 3 | Includes index. | In English and French. | Summary: “Adab is a concept situated at the heart of Arabic and Islamic civilization. Adab is etiquette, ethics, and literature. It is also a creative synthesis, a relationship within a configuration. What became of it, towards modernity? The question of the “civilising process” (Norbert Elias) helps us reflect on this story. During the modern period, maintaining one’s identity while entering into what was termed “civilisation” (al-tamaddun) soon became a leitmotiv. A debate on what was or what should be culture, ethics, and norms in Middle Eastern societies accompanied this evolution. The resilient notion of adab has been in competition with the Salafist focus on mores (akhlāq). Still, humanism, poetry, and transgression are constants in the history of adab. Contributors: Francesca Bellino, Elisabetta Benigni, Michel Boivin, Olivier Bouquet, Francesco Chiabotti, Stéphane Dudoignon, Anne-Laure Dupont, Stephan Guth, Albrecht Hofheinz, Katharina Ivanyi, Felix Konrad, Corinne Lefevre, Cathérine Mayeur-Jaouen, Astrid Meier, Nabil Mouline, Samuela Pagani, Luca Patrizi, Stefan Reichmuth, Iris Seri-Hersch, Chantal Verdeil, Anne-Sophie Vivier-Muresan”-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2019046035 (print) | LCCN 2019046036 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004415911 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004415997 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Civilization, Arab. | Islamic civilization. Classification: LCC DS36.8 .A285 2020 (print) | LCC DS36.8 (ebook) | DDC 305.892/7--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019046035LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019046036Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface.issn 2214-6601isbn 978-90-04-41591-1 (hardback)isbn 978-90-04-41599-7 (e-book)Copyright 2020 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi, Brill Sense, Hotei Publishing, mentis Verlag, Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh and Wilhelm Fink Verlag.All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change.This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner.