Greek Thought, Arabic Culture by Dimitri Gutas
The Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early ʿAbbāsid Society (2nd–4th/8th–10th centuries)
A study of the Abbasid-era translation movement that brought Greek philosophy and science into Arabic, analyzing the social, political, and economic forces that drove it. It traces the roles of caliphal patronage, bilingual Christian scholars, and urban book markets, challenges myths about a centralized “House of Wisdom,” and shows how translation served elite competition and imperial ideology. The result is a portrait of active intellectual appropriation that reshaped Islamic learning rather than merely preserving antiquity.
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- Published
- 1998
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 192-208
- Original Language
- English
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