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Islamic Political Thought : An Introduction / Gerhard Bowering.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Course BookDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691164823
  • 9781400866427
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.557 23
LOC classification:
  • JA84.I78
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Bowering, Gerhard -- Authority / Jackson, Roy -- Caliphate / Kadi, Wadad / Shahin, Aram A. -- Fundamentalism / Euben, Roxanne -- Government / Shahin, Emad El-Din -- Jihad / Kelsay, John -- Knowledge / Heck, Paul L. -- Minorities / Friedmann, Yohanan -- Modernity / Salvatore, Armando -- Muhammad / Bowering, Gerhard -- Pluralism and Tolerance / Krämer, Gudrun -- Qur'an / Bowering, Gerhard -- Revival and Reform / Moosa, Ebrahim / Tareen, SherAli -- Shari'a / Stewart, Devin J. -- Traditional Political Thought / Crone, Patricia -- 'Ulama' / Zaman, Muhammad Qasim -- Women / Chaudhry, Ayesha S. -- Contributors -- Index
Summary: In sixteen concise chapters on key topics, this book provides a rich, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, presenting essential background and context for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. Selected from the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, and focusing on the origins, development, and contemporary importance of Islamic political ideas and related subjects, each chapter offers a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to its topic. Written by leading specialists and incorporating the latest scholarship, the alphabetically arranged chapters cover the topics of authority, the caliphate, fundamentalism, government, jihad, knowledge, minorities, modernity, Muhammad, pluralism and tolerance, the Qur'an, revival and reform, shariʿa (sacred law), traditional political thought, 'ulama' (religious scholars), and women. Read separately or together, these chapters provide an indispensable resource for students, journalists, policymakers, and anyone else seeking an informed perspective on the complex intersection of Islam and politics.The contributors are Gerhard Bowering, Ayesha S. Chaudhry, Patricia Crone, Roxanne Euben, Yohanan Friedmann, Paul L. Heck, Roy Jackson, Wadad Kadi, John Kelsay, Gudrun Krämer, Ebrahim Moosa, Armando Salvatore, Aram A. Shahin, Emad El-Din Shahin, Devin J. Stewart, SherAli Tareen, and Muhammad Qasim Zaman.A new afterword discusses the essays in relation to contemporary political developments.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Bowering, Gerhard -- Authority / Jackson, Roy -- Caliphate / Kadi, Wadad / Shahin, Aram A. -- Fundamentalism / Euben, Roxanne -- Government / Shahin, Emad El-Din -- Jihad / Kelsay, John -- Knowledge / Heck, Paul L. -- Minorities / Friedmann, Yohanan -- Modernity / Salvatore, Armando -- Muhammad / Bowering, Gerhard -- Pluralism and Tolerance / Krämer, Gudrun -- Qur'an / Bowering, Gerhard -- Revival and Reform / Moosa, Ebrahim / Tareen, SherAli -- Shari'a / Stewart, Devin J. -- Traditional Political Thought / Crone, Patricia -- 'Ulama' / Zaman, Muhammad Qasim -- Women / Chaudhry, Ayesha S. -- Contributors -- Index

In sixteen concise chapters on key topics, this book provides a rich, authoritative, and up-to-date introduction to Islamic political thought from the birth of Islam to today, presenting essential background and context for understanding contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. Selected from the acclaimed Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, and focusing on the origins, development, and contemporary importance of Islamic political ideas and related subjects, each chapter offers a sophisticated yet accessible introduction to its topic. Written by leading specialists and incorporating the latest scholarship, the alphabetically arranged chapters cover the topics of authority, the caliphate, fundamentalism, government, jihad, knowledge, minorities, modernity, Muhammad, pluralism and tolerance, the Qur'an, revival and reform, shariʿa (sacred law), traditional political thought, 'ulama' (religious scholars), and women. Read separately or together, these chapters provide an indispensable resource for students, journalists, policymakers, and anyone else seeking an informed perspective on the complex intersection of Islam and politics.The contributors are Gerhard Bowering, Ayesha S. Chaudhry, Patricia Crone, Roxanne Euben, Yohanan Friedmann, Paul L. Heck, Roy Jackson, Wadad Kadi, John Kelsay, Gudrun Krämer, Ebrahim Moosa, Armando Salvatore, Aram A. Shahin, Emad El-Din Shahin, Devin J. Stewart, SherAli Tareen, and Muhammad Qasim Zaman.A new afterword discusses the essays in relation to contemporary political developments.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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