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Islam and War : the Disparity between the Technological-Normative Evolution of Modern War and the Doctrine of Jihad.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (362 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780773420397
  • 0773420398
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Islam and War : The Disparity between the Technological-Normative Evolution of Modern War and the Doctrine of Jihad.DDC classification:
  • 297.72
LOC classification:
  • BP182 .D589 2011
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Tables and Figures; Introduction; Chapter One Theoretical Framework; Chapter Two Classical Muslim Law of Nations: The Case of Jihad; Chapter Three Shift in the Muslim Classical Paradigm: Its Impact on the Doctrine of Jihad; Chapter Four Military Revolution and the Rationality of War; Chapter Five Normative Change of War; Conclusion; Chronology of the Muslim World up to 1924; Bibliography; Index.
Summary: The author examines jihad from an historical discursive perspective, taking account of the economic and cultural contexts in which the doctrine first developed in Islamic law, as well as the doctrine's applicability to international law and relations.
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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)437536

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Tables and Figures; Introduction; Chapter One Theoretical Framework; Chapter Two Classical Muslim Law of Nations: The Case of Jihad; Chapter Three Shift in the Muslim Classical Paradigm: Its Impact on the Doctrine of Jihad; Chapter Four Military Revolution and the Rationality of War; Chapter Five Normative Change of War; Conclusion; Chronology of the Muslim World up to 1924; Bibliography; Index.

The author examines jihad from an historical discursive perspective, taking account of the economic and cultural contexts in which the doctrine first developed in Islamic law, as well as the doctrine's applicability to international law and relations.

Print version record.

English.