The Body of Mahomet: Pierre Bayle on War, Sex, and Islam
Title | The Body of Mahomet: Pierre Bayle on War, Sex, and Islam |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | van der Lugt, Mara |
Journal | Journal of the History of Ideas |
Volume | 78 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 27-50 |
Date Published | 01/2017 |
Abstract | This article discusses Pierre Bayle’s article on Muhammad in his Dictionnaire historique et critique (1696), especially with regard to its two main themes: the role of force in the establishment of Islam, and sexual morality within Islam. Both themes had been a traditional part of Christian apologetics for centuries, but Bayle takes them up in an unconventional way, proposing to write the history of Islam objectively rather than fitting it into a Christian story. This article will discuss these and other themes in Bayle’s "Mahomet" and place it within the wider historiographical context of the early modern debate on Islam. |
URL | https://muse.jhu.edu/article/648121 |
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