The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the PresentThe History of Islamic Political Thought offers a full description and an interpretation of political philosophy from early Islam to the current age of Fundamentalism (622 AD to 2000 AD). Antony Black takes the same approach as scholars usually do for the history of Western political thought, examining the mentality, cultural milieu, and political background of thinkers and statesmen. He covers the relationship of politics to religion, law, ethics, philosophy, and statecraft, as expressed through treatises, occasional writings, official rhetoric, popular slogans, and other evidence of how people thought about authority and order. |
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User Review - antiquary - LibraryThingI was surprised to see that the author apparently knows no Arabic and relies entirely on translations and secondary work. Still, it provides some interesting material for other non-specialiasts like myself. Read full review
Contents
The Mission of Muhammad | 9 |
The Idea of Monarchy under the Umayyads and Abbasids | 18 |
The Method of Tradition sunna | 32 |
Shiite Theories of Leadership imama | 39 |
The Restoration of Persia c 8501050 | 49 |
Plato without the Polis | 57 |
The Theory of the Caliphate | 81 |
The Order of the Realm | 91 |
Sharia Governance alsiyasa | 154 |
Statecraft and Morality | 160 |
The Decline of Classical Islamic Political Thought | 183 |
International Relations | 193 |
The State of the House of Osman devleti ali Osman | 197 |
The Safavids | 221 |
India and the Mughals | 239 |
The Decline and Reform of the Ottoman Empire | 255 |
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| Title | The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the Present The History of Islamic Political Thought: From the Prophet to the Present, Antony Black |
| Author | Antony Black |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0415932432, 9780415932431 |
| Length | 377 pages |
| Subjects | › › Political Science / History & Theory Religion / Islam / General |
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