The State in Contemporary Islamic Thought
A Historical Survey of the Major Muslim Political Thinkers of the Modern Era
The State in Contemporary Islamic Thought
A Historical Survey of the Major Muslim Political Thinkers of the Modern Era
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The debates on 'Islam and Modernity' clearly include in their analysis notions of the State. Abdelillah Belkeziz here charts the development of the concept of 'the state' (al-dawlah) in Islamic discourse over the last two centuries. The result is a tour de force survey of the most influential Muslim thinkers of the modern era, which encompasses three successive waves: the modernist trends of the early and later reformers like Sayyed Jamal Eddin Al-Afghani; the dogmatism of ideologues like Hasan Al-Bana; and, the rhetoric of revivalists like the Ayatollah Khomeini. Through this analysis, Belkeziz argues that modern Islamic political thought succeeded in producing ideologies, but ultimately failed to produce a unified theory of state. This work is an essential encyclopedic resource for all scholars and researchers of Political Islam and will become a standard work in the field.
Table of Contents
Preface
Part One: From the Nation State to the State of the Khalifa
Chapter 1: The State of the 'Tanzimat' or the State of Reason and al-Shar' (Islamic Law)
Chapter 2: For the Sake of the Nation State: A Criticism of Political and Religious Authority
Chapter 3: The Conditional State: The Constitutional Question in Modern Shi'ite Political Fiqh
Chapter 4: From the Nation State to the State of the Khilafah: Renewal of 'Islamic Legal Politics'
Chapter 5: On the Theoretical Criticism of the Khilafah
Part Two: From the Islamic State to the Religious State
Chapter 6: On the 'Islamic State': Religious and Political Aspects
Chapter 7: The State and al-Shari'ah in the Criticism of the Secular Idea
Chapter 8: Al-Shura and Democracy: Connection and Disjuncture
Chapter 9: Pseudo-Theocracy in the Rule of Allah: 'al-Hakimiyah'
Chapter 10: Pseudo-Theocracy: On the 'Wilayat al-Faqih'
Chapter 11: On the Criticism of 'Divine Right'
Chapter 12: Is There a Contemporary Islamic Thought?
Epilogue
Product details
| Published | Aug 30 2009 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 304 |
| ISBN | 9781848850620 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Dimensions | Not specified |
| Series | Contemporary Arab Scholarship in the Social Sciences |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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