Open AccessEducation and Socio-political Change in the 11th and 12th Centuries Abbasid Realm
Author(s) -
Alwi Alatas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of islamic thought and civilization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2520-0313
pISSN - 2075-0943
DOI - 10.32350/jitc.111.05
Subject(s) - realm , politics , relation (database) , political economy , political science , social science , positive economics , sociology , law , economics , computer science , database
Education is an important instrument of change; though the process is usually very slow - very different from revolution - and its broad impact cannot easily and clearly observed. Good and balanced education will expectedly have a good impact on society, economy and politics; while, bad policy and culture of education will accordingly have the opposite effect. This article analyses the change in religious education in the Abbasid realm in the 11th and 12th centuries and its relation with the socio-political change in the region. This study finds that those changes were approximately concurrent and suggests mutual influence between them. For deeper analysis, this study uses the concept of education proposed by Syed Muhammad Naquib (SMN) al-Attas.