Cover
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Part One: The Study of Politics in Islam
Chapter 1. A Moral History
Chapter 2. Political Theology Revisited
Part Two: The Age of the Umayyads
Chapter 3. Righteous Dominion
Chapter 4. Imperial Blessing and Prophetic Righteousness
Part Three: The Age of the Abbasids
Chapter 5. Leading by Certainty
Chapter 6. The Politics of Certainty
Part Four: The Age of the Seljuqs
Chapter 7. The Sovereign Bodies of Kings and Scholars
Chapter 8. The Sovereign Bodies of Saints
Part Five: The Age of Postcolonial Rule
Chapter 9. Liberty as the Order of Islam
Chapter 10. The Struggle for Democratic Culture
Conclusion: Politics in Islam Revisited
Notes
Bibliography
Index.