Thesis (M.A.)--American University of Beirut, Center for Arab and Middle Eastern Studies, 2012.
Advisor : Dr. Robert Gallagher, Assistant Professor, Civilization Sequence Program--Committee Members : Dr. Bashshar Haydar, Professor, Department of Philosophy ; Dr. Jon Hoover, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, The University of Nottingham.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 94-100)