The history of Islamic political thought : from the Prophet to the present / Antony Black.
2011
JC49 .B58 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The history of Islamic political thought : from the Prophet to the present / Antony Black.
Author
Black, Antony.
Edition
2nd ed.
ISBN
9780748639878 (pbk.)
074863987X (pbk.)
9780748639861
0748639861
074863987X (pbk.)
9780748639861
0748639861
Publication Details
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2011.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 380 pages : map ; 25 cm
Call Number
JC49 .B58 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.5/57
Summary
This book provides a complete history of Islamic political thought from early Islam (c.622-661) to the present. This comprehensive overview describes and interprets all schools of Islamic political thought, their origins, inter-connections and meaning. It examines the Qur'an, the early Caliphate, classical Islamic philosophy, and the political culture of the Ottoman and other empires. Major thinkers such as Averroes (Ibn Rushd) and Ibn Taymiyya are covered as well as numerous lesser authors, and Ibn Khaldun is presented as one of the most original political theorists ever. It draws on a wide range of sources including writings on religion, law, philosophy and statecraft expressed in treatises, handbooks and political rhetoric. The new edition analyses the connections between religion and politics, covering the most recent developments in Islamic political thought and the current historical scholarship. It ends with a critical survey of reformism (or modernism) and Islamism (or fundamentalism) from the late nineteenth century up to the present day. In this, the only book to cover the whole of Islamic political thought, past and present.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-368) and indexes.
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Table of Contents
The messenger and the law c. 622-1000
Religion and state power (din wa dawla) : the Sunni doctrine of the state c. 900-1220
The shariʻa and the sword c. 1220-1500
Religious ideology and political control in early modern states
Isalm and the West.
Religion and state power (din wa dawla) : the Sunni doctrine of the state c. 900-1220
The shariʻa and the sword c. 1220-1500
Religious ideology and political control in early modern states
Isalm and the West.