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The Wahhabis seen through European Eyes (1772-1830)
Deists and Puritans of Islam
Series: - The History of Oriental Studies, Volume: 1
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In The Wahhabis seen through European Eyes (1772-1830) Giovanni Bonacina offers an account of the early reactions in Europe to the rise of the Wahhabi movement in Arabia. Commonly pictured nowadays as a form of Muslim fundamentalism, the Wahhabis appeared to many European witnesses as the creators of a deistic revolution with serious political consequences for the Ottoman ancien regime. They were seen either in the light of contemporary events in France, or as Islamic theological reformers in the mould of Calvin, opposing an established church and devotional traditions. These audacious but fascinating attempts to interpret the unknown by way of the better known are illustrated in Bonacinaâs book.
Giovanni Bonacina, M.A. in Philosophy (1986), University of Milan, PhD (1993), University of Turin, is Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Urbino. He has published monographs, translations and numerous articles mainly on German historical and political thought in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Preface
Introduction
Chapter I: A Deistic Revolution in Arabia
1. Niebuhr: a new religion in Najd
2. Grounds for Niebuhrâs impressions and their early circulation
3. Volney: a âgreat political and religious revolution in Asiaâ
4. Olivier: wandering Wahhabis and Persian pilgrims
5. Browne: a Najd ârebelâ
Chapter II: Literary Disputes and Colonial Sights
1. Silvestre de Sacy: a hypothesis of continuity of the Qarmatians
2. Rousseau: a âreforming sheik of Mohammedanismâ
3. Corancez: âthe cult of the Koran in its original simplicityâ
4. Rousseau, Corancez and their sources
5. Waring: the fractured âfoundation stoneâ
6. Valentia and other English voices: âthe din of hostile armsâ at Mecca
Chapter III: Muslim âPuritansâ
1. Seetzen before the âemir of Wuhabistenâ
2. Badia y Leblich: a âswarm of bees round the Kaabaâ
3. European testimonies of the âredemption of Meccaâ
4. Wahhabi hostages in Cairo: Menginâs âPrécisâ
5. Burckhardt: materials for a history of the Wahhabis
6. Burckhardt: Arabia from âPuritanismâ to âinfidel indifferenceâ
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
Introduction
Chapter I: A Deistic Revolution in Arabia
1. Niebuhr: a new religion in Najd
2. Grounds for Niebuhrâs impressions and their early circulation
3. Volney: a âgreat political and religious revolution in Asiaâ
4. Olivier: wandering Wahhabis and Persian pilgrims
5. Browne: a Najd ârebelâ
Chapter II: Literary Disputes and Colonial Sights
1. Silvestre de Sacy: a hypothesis of continuity of the Qarmatians
2. Rousseau: a âreforming sheik of Mohammedanismâ
3. Corancez: âthe cult of the Koran in its original simplicityâ
4. Rousseau, Corancez and their sources
5. Waring: the fractured âfoundation stoneâ
6. Valentia and other English voices: âthe din of hostile armsâ at Mecca
Chapter III: Muslim âPuritansâ
1. Seetzen before the âemir of Wuhabistenâ
2. Badia y Leblich: a âswarm of bees round the Kaabaâ
3. European testimonies of the âredemption of Meccaâ
4. Wahhabi hostages in Cairo: Menginâs âPrécisâ
5. Burckhardt: materials for a history of the Wahhabis
6. Burckhardt: Arabia from âPuritanismâ to âinfidel indifferenceâ
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
All interested in the history of Wahhabism and its understanding in Europe, and anyone concerned with the cultural relationship between Europe and Middle East on the eve of colonialism.