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The history of Islamic political thought : from the Prophet to the present / Antony Black.

By: Publication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xviii, 380 p. : map ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780748639861 :
  • 0748639861 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JC49 .B58 2011
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: The Messenger and the Law c.622-1000 -- 1. The Mission of Muhammad -- 2. The Idea of Monarchy under the Umayyads and 'Abbasids c.661-850 -- 3. The Formation of the Shari'a -- 4. Shi'ism -- 5. The Restoration of Persia c.850-1050 -- 6. Knowledge and Power: Philosophy without the Polis -- Part II: Religion and State Power (din wa dawla): Sunni Doctrine & the State c.900-1220 -- 7. The Theory of the Caliphate -- 8. State and Religion under the Saljuqs -- 9. Al-Ghazali: Mysticism and Politics -- 10. The Ethics of Power: Advice-to-Kings (nasihat al-muluk) -- 11. Ibn Rushd -- 12. The Politics of Sufism -- Part III: The Shari'a and the Sword c.1220-1500 -- 13. The Rape of Asia -- 14. Mamluk Ideology and the Sultan-Caliph -- 15. Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-74): Social Philosophy and Status Groups -- 16. Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328): Shari'a Governance (al-siyasa al-shari'yya) -- 17. The Delhi Sultanate and al-Barani: Statecraft and Morality -- 18. Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406): The Science of Civilization and the Governance of Islam -- 19. The Decline of Classical Islamic Political Thought -- Part IV: Religious Ideology and Political Control in Early Modern States -- 20. A New World Order -- 21. The State of the House of Osman (devlet-i al-i Osman) -- 22. The Safavids -- 23. India and the Mughals -- 24. The Decline and Reform of the Ottoman Empire -- Part V: Islam and the West -- 25. Modernism from the Ottoman Reforms to the Turkish Revolution -- 26. Conservatism and Modernism in Iran -- 27. Islamism -- 28. Islamism, Reformism and the Secular State -- Conclusion.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection JC 49 .B58 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 5051908

Includes bibliographical references (p. [356]-368) and indexes.

Introduction -- Part I: The Messenger and the Law c.622-1000 -- 1. The Mission of Muhammad -- 2. The Idea of Monarchy under the Umayyads and 'Abbasids c.661-850 -- 3. The Formation of the Shari'a -- 4. Shi'ism -- 5. The Restoration of Persia c.850-1050 -- 6. Knowledge and Power: Philosophy without the Polis -- Part II: Religion and State Power (din wa dawla): Sunni Doctrine & the State c.900-1220 -- 7. The Theory of the Caliphate -- 8. State and Religion under the Saljuqs -- 9. Al-Ghazali: Mysticism and Politics -- 10. The Ethics of Power: Advice-to-Kings (nasihat al-muluk) -- 11. Ibn Rushd -- 12. The Politics of Sufism -- Part III: The Shari'a and the Sword c.1220-1500 -- 13. The Rape of Asia -- 14. Mamluk Ideology and the Sultan-Caliph -- 15. Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-74): Social Philosophy and Status Groups -- 16. Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328): Shari'a Governance (al-siyasa al-shari'yya) -- 17. The Delhi Sultanate and al-Barani: Statecraft and Morality -- 18. Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406): The Science of Civilization and the Governance of Islam -- 19. The Decline of Classical Islamic Political Thought -- Part IV: Religious Ideology and Political Control in Early Modern States -- 20. A New World Order -- 21. The State of the House of Osman (devlet-i al-i Osman) -- 22. The Safavids -- 23. India and the Mughals -- 24. The Decline and Reform of the Ottoman Empire -- Part V: Islam and the West -- 25. Modernism from the Ottoman Reforms to the Turkish Revolution -- 26. Conservatism and Modernism in Iran -- 27. Islamism -- 28. Islamism, Reformism and the Secular State -- Conclusion.

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