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“The Persianate Cosmology of Historical Inquiry in the Caucasus: ʿAbbās Qulī Āghā Bākīkhānūf’s Cosmological Cosmopolitanism,” Comparative Literature (2019)
- Author(s):
- Rebecca Ruth Gould (see profile)
- Date:
- 2020
- Group(s):
- Islamicate Studies, Persian and Persianate Studies, Science Studies and the History of Science
- Subject(s):
- Iranians, Whites--Social life and customs, Caucasus, Caucasian literature, Iranians--Social life and customs, Historiography
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- iran, Islamic Stadies, Persian, Caucasian cultures, Caucasian literatures, Iranian culture
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/2sg7-t289
- Abstract:
- This article engages with cosmopolitan conceptions of culture that flourished in the nineteenth century Caucasus with a view to clarifying the relevance of these legacies today. I focus in particular on the polymath writer ʿAbbās Qulī Āghā Bākīkhānūf (1794–1847). As I explore Bākīkhānūf’s historical writing, I consider how the Persianate literary tradition of which he partakes advance a cosmopolitan conception of community that contests the nationalist histories promulgated by modern European historiography. As a scientific and literary project, Bākīkhānūf’s cosmological cosmopolitanism shows how epistemic openness advances cultural inclusivity, in part by recognizing the relationship between the literary imagination and scientific inquiry.
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- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
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