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The history of Islamic political thought : from the Prophet to the present
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- Creator
- Antony Black
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Routledge, 2001
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 377 pages : map ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780415932424, 0415932424, 9780415932431, 0415932432
- OCLC
- ocm47755858
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [358]-365) and index.
- Pt. I. The Messenger and the Law c.622-1000. 1. The Mission of Muhammad. 2. The Idea of Monarchy under the Umayyads and 'Abbasids c.661-850. 3. The Method of Tradition (sunna). 4. Shi'ite Theories of Leadership (imama). 5. The Restoration of Persia c.850-1050. 6. Knowledge and Power: Plato without the Polis -- Pt. II. Religion and State Power (din wa dawla): Sunni Doctrine and the State c.1000-1220. 7. The Theory of the Caliphate. 8. The Order of the Realm. 9. Al-Ghazali's Balance. 10. The Ethics of Power: Advice-to-King (nasihat al-muluk). 11. Philosophy Goes West. 12. The Politics of Sufism -- Pt. III. The Shari'a and the Sword c.1220-1500. 13. The Rape of Asia. 14. Mamluk Ideology and the Sultan-Caliph. 15. Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-74): Social Philosophy and Status Groups. 16. Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328): Shari'a Governance (al-siyasa al-shar'iyya). 17. The Delhi Sultanate and al-Barani: Statecraft and Morality. 18. Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406): The Science of Civilisation and the Governance of Islam. 19. The Decline of Classical Islamic Political Thought -- Pt. IV. The Early Modern Empires: Well-Protected Domains. 20. International Relations. 21. The State of the House of Osman (devlet-i al-i Osman). 22. The Safavids. 23. India and the Mughals. 24. The Decline and Reform of the Ottoman Empire -- Pt. V. Islam and the West. 25. The Age of Modernism c.1830-1920. 26. The Age of Fundamentalism c.1920-2000