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    Patricia Crone has tackled many of early Islam's biggest and most vexing questions. She stands in the finest Orientalist tradition of philological exactitude and sheer, exhaustive learning. Crone has lifted Islam out of the confines of Islamic studies and restored it to its rightful place.

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    Patricia Crone has tackled many of early Islam's biggest and most vexing questions. She stands in the finest Orientalist tradition of philological exactitude and sheer, exhaustive learning. Crone has lifted Islam out of the confines of Islamic studies and restored it to its rightful place.

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    Laudatio Crone v4

    Загружено:

    Antek Mula
    Patricia Crone has tackled many of early Islam's biggest and most vexing questions. She stands in the finest Orientalist tradition of philological exactitude and sheer, exhaustive learning. Crone has lifted Islam out of the confines of Islamic studies and restored it to its rightful place.

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    ThecontributionsthatPatriciaCronehasmadetothestudyofearlyIslamichistorycanhardlybe overstated.Throughalongandextremelydistinguishedlistofarticlesandbooksspanningmore than40yearsofintenseactivity,shehastackledmanyofearlyIslamsbiggestandmostvexing questions.Herinterpretationshaveineachcasebeencharacterisedbydaringoriginality,astonishing erudition,andenduringinfluence. Forme,twothemesespeciallystandout.ThefirstisanunwaveringIwouldsayheroic commitmenttothesources.LikeMichaelCook,PatriciastandsfullyinthefinestOrientalisttradition ofphilologicalexactitudeandsheer,exhaustivelearning.Itisatraditionbuiltupontotalmasteryof thesourcematerialacquiredthroughmanyyearsofrelentlessmentalexertionatraditionwhose 400yearhistorywealsocelebratetoday.Itispreciselythisimmersioninthesourcesandabsolute loyaltytowhattheysaywhattheyactuallysaythathasallowedher,againandagain,toseeher waythroughlayersofaccretedassumptionandmisinterpretationtorevealapparentlylongresolved historicalproblemsinarevelatorynewlight.Thisironfocusonthesources,turningtheirwordsover andoveragain,andthescholarlyrangeithascompelledhertoacquireacrossdisciplines,time periodsandlanguagesisameasureofhowseriouslyshetakeshervocation.

    Itisbuiltona profoundrespectforthosewhosevoicesthesourcesrepresentandadeterminationthatthese voicesbeclearlyheard,withoutdistortionandwithoutembellishment.Ithasbeenformeoneofher mostinspiringcharacteristicsasascholar. ThesecondoutstandingachievementofPatriciascareeristoliftIslamoutoftheconfinesofIslamic studiesandtorestoreittoitsrightfulplaceatthecrosscurrentsofNearEasternthoughtand religiousferment.WhatthishasgivenusisanincomparablyricherearlyIslam,oneinwhichthe soundsofseventhcenturyArabiahavebeenbroughtbrilliantlytolife.ThankstoPatriciasworkwe cannowseethepreIslamicprecedents,lateRomaninfluences,Sasaniancustoms,Jewishritesand ChristianpracticethatenlivenedthisworldandshapedIslamsgenesisfromtheverypointofits conception.ShehastakenIslam,inotherwords,outofthepeninsulaandintothewiderworldof

    LateAntiquity,whereithasremainedeversince.WhetherKoranicagriculturalmetaphors,legal institutions(suchasRoman,ProvincialandIslamicLaw:TheOriginsoftheIslamicPatronate)or politicalphilosophicalideas(inhermonumentalGodsRule:GovernmentandIslam),Patriciahas throughrigoroushistoricalandphilologicalmethodsexposedarangeoflateRomanandSasanid calquesinIslam,oftenpracticallyinvisibleintheirnewMuslimguises.Hermostrecentbook,The NativistProphetsofEarlyIslamicIran,publishedin2012,onthePersiansresponsetothe penetrationofArabIslamicrule,isyetanothermonumenttothisbreadthofvision,drawingonthe allbutforgottenantiMuslimresistancemovementsofmediaevalIranandcontinuingreligious culturalpatternstoshineavividandpenetratinglightontheriseoftheIslamicEmpire. Patricia,too,hasmadeherinsightsavailableinelegantsuperpreciseproseavailabletoalarger publicintheformof(online)magazinearticlesandbooksofamoregeneralhistoricalinterestsuch asherPreindustrialSocieties. AnyoftheseachievementswouldhaveearnedPatriciaaplaceamongsttheveryfirstrankoftodays Islamichistorians;togethertheyplaceheramongstthefirstfrankofIslamichistoriansever. IwouldliketoendwithafewwordsaboutPatriciaasaperson,andespeciallyherroleasateacher, modelandtirelessencouragerofyoung(ish)scholars.WhetherinasmalltutorialatCambridge,an overloadedlectureatSOAS,apreparatorymeetingforanaspiringjobcandidate,oraninformal dinneratherhouse,Patriciasgenerositywithhertimeandattentionisabyword.Icanthinkofno scholarofmygenerationinthisfieldwhohasnotbenefitedfromit,andwhodoesnotcherishthe memoryofit.Sheiseveropentodiscussion,andadamantthatanyscholarorstudent,atwhatever stageintheircareer,shouldbeheard.Tobelistenedto,tohaveonesideasengagedwith,seriously andcritically,bysomeoneofPatriciasintelligence,integrityandhumanness,isanexperiencethat stayswithoneforever.I,likesomanyofmycolleagues,ameternallygratefulforit.

    Leidenhonorarydoctoratesaregivenrarelyandsparingly.InthecaseofPatriciaCroneandMichael Cooktheyhaveneverbeenmoredeserved.

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