Rosenthal, Franz Man versus Society in Medieval Islam, Leiden, Brill, 2014, 1160p.

Franz Rosenthal. Edited by Dimitri Gutas, Yale University In Man versus Society in Medieval Islam, Franz Rosenthal (1914-2003) investigates the tensions and conflicts that existed between individuals and society as the focus of his study of Muslim social history. The book brings together works spanning fifty years: the monographs The Muslim Concept of Freedom, The Herb. Hashish versus Medieval Muslim Society (Brill, 1971), Gambling in Islam (Brill, 1975), and Sweeter than Hope. Complaint a..