Zwanzig Jahre Alltag

A?mad Ibn ?awqs (1443-1510) Ta?l?q ist eines von wenigen arabischen Tagebüchern, die aus einer 1000 Jahre währenden Tradition erhalten sind. Seit der Veröffentlichung des ersten Bandes im Jahr 2000 hat es sich zu einem grundlegenden Quelltext für die Sozial-, Wirtschafts- und Mentalitätsgeschichte der Mamlukenzeit entwickelt.In diesem Buch nimmt Torsten Wollina erstmals diesen einzigartigen Text selbst in den Fokus. Als umfangreichstes überliefertes Exemplar einer weit verbreiteten Praxis eröffnet er Einblicke sowohl in die Methoden und Praktiken literarischer und schrifttümlicher Produktion als auch in die sozialen Realitäten seiner Zeit. Als Selbstzeugnis erlaubt der Text Rückschlüsse darauf, wie sein Autor sich selbst im Verhältnis zu anderen Menschen und zu der Welt im Ganzen sah.A?mad Ibn ?awq's Ta?l?q (d. 1510) is one of only a few examples that survived from an indigenous arabic diary tradition which lasted about a thousand years. It is also by far the most extensive one, its edition amounting to almost 2,000 pages covering twenty years.Despite considerable scholarly attention in recent years, this is the first monograph dedicated to the Ta?l?q, not as a source but as the subject of inquiry. To these ends, Torsten Wollina discusses it as an ego-document shedding new light on the interdependence of text form and presented information.The first of four chapters frames the study by placing the Ta?l?q within the arabic diary tradition, which conformed both to the needs of historians (as primary sources) and to those of each author (as a pragmatic text for everyday use). Chapters 2 and 3 give attention to Ibn ?awq's worldview, treating his household and his social contacts in the wider world, respectively. The final chapter addresses the author's self image and the concepts of self available in his times.
 
A?mad Ibn ?awq's Ta?l?q (d. 1510) is one of only a few examples that survived from an indigenous arabic diary tradition which lasted about a thousand years. It is also by far the most extensive one, its edition amounting to almost 2,000 pages covering twenty years.Despite considerable scholarly attention in recent years, this is the first monograph dedicated to the Ta?l?q, not as a source but as the subject of inquiry. To these ends, Torsten Wollina discusses it as an ego-document shedding new light on the interdependence of text form and presented information.The first of four chapters frames the study by placing the Ta?l?q within the arabic diary tradition, which conformed both to the needs of historians (as primary sources) and to those of each author (as a pragmatic text for everyday use). Chapters 2 and 3 give attention to Ibn ?awq's worldview, treating his household and his social contacts in the wider world, respectively. The final chapter addresses the author's self image and the concepts of self available in his times.