Education and Socio-political Change in the 11th and 12th Centuries Abbasid Realm

Autor: Alwi Alatas
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, Vol 11, Iss 1 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-0943
2520-0313
DOI: 10.32350/jitc.111.05
Popis: Education is an important instrument of change; though the process is usually very slow - very different from revolution - and its broad impact cannot easily and clearly observed. Good and balanced education will expectedly have a good impact on society, economy and politics; while, bad policy and culture of education will accordingly have the opposite effect. This article analyses the change in religious education in the Abbasid realm in the 11th and 12th centuries and its relation with the socio-political change in the region. This study finds that those changes were approximately concurrent and suggests mutual influence between them. For deeper analysis, this study uses the concept of education proposed by Syed Muhammad Naquib (SMN) al-Attas. Keywords: Education, Madrasa, Abbasid, SMN al-Attas, Socio-political change
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