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Mirror for the Muslim Prince : Islam and the Theory of Statecraft / edited by Mehrzad Boroujerdi.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle EastPublisher: Syracuse, NY : Syracuse University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xvii, 465 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780815650850
  • 081565085X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mirror for the Muslim Prince.DDC classification:
  • 297.2/72 23
LOC classification:
  • BP173.6 .M57 2013eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction -- Maslahah as a Political Concept -- Sa'di's Treatise on Advice to the Kings -- Perso-Islamicate Political Ethic in Relation to the Sources of Islamic Law -- An Anomaly in the History of Persian Political Thought -- Teaching Wisdom : A Persian Work of Advice for Atabeg Ahmad of Luristan -- A Muslim State in a Non-Muslim Context : The Mughal Case -- Al-Tahtawi's Trip to Paris in Light of Recent Historical Analysis : Travel Literature or a Mirror for Princes? -- Law and the Common Good : To Bring about a Virtuous City or Preserve the Old Order? -- What Do Egypt's Islamists Want? : Moderate Islam and the Rise of Islamic Constitutionalism in Mubarak's Egypt -- The Body Corporate and the Social Body -- Cosmopolitanism Past and Present, Muslim and Western -- God's Caravan : Topoi and Schemata in the History of Muslim Political Thought.
Summary: In this volume, scholars reinterpret concepts and canons of Islamic thought in Arab, Persian, South Asian, and Turkish traditions. They demonstrate that there is no unitary "Islamic" position on important issues of statecraft and governance. They recognize that Islam is a discursive site marked by silences, agreements, and animated controversies. The nuanced reading of the Islamic traditions provided in this book will help future generations of Muslims contemplate a more benevolent style of statecraft.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)714571

Text in English.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-448) and index.

Print version record.

Introduction -- Maslahah as a Political Concept -- Sa'di's Treatise on Advice to the Kings -- Perso-Islamicate Political Ethic in Relation to the Sources of Islamic Law -- An Anomaly in the History of Persian Political Thought -- Teaching Wisdom : A Persian Work of Advice for Atabeg Ahmad of Luristan -- A Muslim State in a Non-Muslim Context : The Mughal Case -- Al-Tahtawi's Trip to Paris in Light of Recent Historical Analysis : Travel Literature or a Mirror for Princes? -- Law and the Common Good : To Bring about a Virtuous City or Preserve the Old Order? -- What Do Egypt's Islamists Want? : Moderate Islam and the Rise of Islamic Constitutionalism in Mubarak's Egypt -- The Body Corporate and the Social Body -- Cosmopolitanism Past and Present, Muslim and Western -- God's Caravan : Topoi and Schemata in the History of Muslim Political Thought.

In this volume, scholars reinterpret concepts and canons of Islamic thought in Arab, Persian, South Asian, and Turkish traditions. They demonstrate that there is no unitary "Islamic" position on important issues of statecraft and governance. They recognize that Islam is a discursive site marked by silences, agreements, and animated controversies. The nuanced reading of the Islamic traditions provided in this book will help future generations of Muslims contemplate a more benevolent style of statecraft.