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ISBN
0231118473
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9780231132909
Release Title
God's Rule - Government and Islam: Six Centuries of Medieval I...
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Crone, Patricia
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Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231132905
ISBN-13
9780231132909
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30442052

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
472 Pages
Publication Name
God's Rule-Government and Islam : Six Centuries of Medieval Islamic Political Thought
Language
English
Subject
History & Theory, Islam / General, Political, Middle East / General, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Author
Patricia Crone
Subject Area
Religion, Philosophy, Political Science, History
Format
Hardcover

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28.6 Oz
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Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2003-062537
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"This rich and wide-ranging book... is stimulating and provocative... [Crone's] lucid style aims to make a complex, ostensibly alien, tradition intelligible to the general reader as well as to the Islamic specialist." -- "Times Literary Supplement", "The author, a distinguished Islamic scholar, cuts through a welter of misconceptions." -- Robert Lebling, "Saudi Aramco World", "Patricia Crone gracefully covers the first six centuries of Islamic political thought." -- Zouhair Ghazzal, Historian, "The book is a masterpiece on the history of the tension existing between religion and politics." -- Peter von Sivers, Middle East Journal, "This rich and wide-ranging book... is stimulating and provocative... [Crone's] lucid style aims to make a complex, ostensibly alien, tradition intelligible to the general reader as well as to the Islamic specialist." -- Times Literary Supplement, This rich and wide-ranging book... is stimulating and provocative... [Crone's] lucid style aims to make a complex, ostensibly alien, tradition intelligible to the general reader as well as to the Islamic specialist., "Students today... will benefit greatly from this welcome study of early Islamic political thought." -- Ronald J. Stansbury, "Christian Scolar's Review"
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
320.5/5
Table Of Content
Part One: The Beginnings 1. The Origins of Government 2. The First Civil War and Sect Formation 3. The Umayyads Part Two: The Waning of the Tribal Tradition, c.700-900 4. General 5. The Kharijites 6. The Mu'tazilites 7. The Shi'ites of the Umayyad Period 8. The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism 9. The Zaydis 10. The Imamis 11. The Hadith Party Part Three Coping with a Fragmented World 12. General 13. The Persian Tradition and Advice Literature 14. The Greek Tradition and 'Political Science' 15. The Ismailis 16. The Sunnis Part Four: Government and Society 17. The Nature of Government 18. The Functions of Government 19. Visions of Freedom 20. The Social Order 21. Muslims and Non-Muslims (a) Infidels (b) Muslims as Infidels 22. Epilogue: Religion, Government and Society Revisited Bibliography, Abbreviations and Conventions Index and Glossary
Synopsis
"God's Rule" is a fundamental reconstruction and analysis of Islamic political thought focusing on its intellectual development during the six centuries from the rise of Islam to the Mongol invasions., God's Rule is a fundamental reconstruction and analysis of Islamic political thought focusing on its intellectual development during the six centuries from the rise of Islam to the Mongol invasions., Patricia Crone's God's Rule is a fundamental reconstruction and analysis of Islamic political thought focusing on its intellectual development during the six centuries from the rise of Islam to the Mongol invasions. Based on a wide variety of primary sources--including some not previously considered from the point of view of political thought--this is the first book to examine the medieval Muslim answers to questions crucial to any Western understanding of Middle Eastern politics today, such as why states are necessary, what functions they are meant to fulfill, and whether or why they must be based on religious law. The character of Muslim political thought differs fundamentally from its counterpart in the West. The Christian West started with the conviction that truth (both cognitive and moral) and political power belonged to separate spheres. Ultimately, both power and truth originated with God, but they had distinct historical trajectories and regulated different aspects of life. The Muslims started with the opposite conviction: truth and power appeared at the same time in history and regulated the same aspects of life. In medieval Europe, the disagreement over the relationship between religious authority and political power took the form of a protracted controversy regarding the roles of church and state. In the medieval Middle East, religious authority and political power were embedded in a single, divinely sanctioned Islamic community--a congregation and state made one. The disagreement, therefore, took the form of a protracted controversy over the nature and function of the leadership of Islam itself. Crone makes Islamic political thought accessible by relating it to the contexts in which it was formulated, analyzing it in terms familiar to today's reader, and, where possible, comparing it with medieval European and modern political thought. By examining the ideological point of departure for medieval Islamic political thought, Crone provides an invaluable foundation for a better understanding of contemporary Middle Eastern politics and current world events.
LC Classification Number
DS38.2.C76 2003

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