Alfred von Kremer

Dr Alfred von Kremer
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Born	1828
Died	1889
Residence	Leipsig, Saxony
Society Membership membership ASL, AI local secretary left 1881.04 last listed elected_ASL 1866?

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Born May 13, 1828, in Vienna; died there Dec. 27, 1889. Austrian orientalist, author of works on Islamic studies and the cultural history of Oriental countries. He was the first Western European orientalist to attempt to analyze the social structure of Muslim societies and to define the moving forces in their development. Kremer believed that Islam had to be studied in connection with the entire history of Muslim culture, a culture that he regarded as a synthesis of socioeconomic, political, and intellectual factors. He introduced numerous primary sources into scholarly use.

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External Publications

Geschichte der herrschenden Ideen des Islams. Leipzig, 1868.
Kulturgeschichte des Orients unter den Chalifen, vols. 1–2. Vienna, 1875–77.