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
Description
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 | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9780857717061 |
| Imprint | I.B. Tauris |
| Series | Contemporary Arab Scholarship in the Social Sciences |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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