The West and Islam
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The West and Islam
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Religion and political thought in world history
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Antony Black
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Oxford
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186 p.
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978-0-19-953320-6
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Table of Contents
The West and Islam : Religion and Political Thought in World History by Black, Antony Terms of Use Glossary p. xiv Abbreviations p. xv Introduction p. 1 1 Religion and Politics: The West, Islam, Byzantium p. 11 Religious and political spheres and authorities p. 11 Original differences p. 11 Early Christianity p. 11 Early Islam p. 13 Convergence between the West and Islam p. 15 Sultan and 'ulama p. 22 Return to original positions p. 26 Separation of church and state in the West p. 28 Modern Islam p. 30 Political participation p. 33 Revolutionary eschatology p. 34 Holy war p. 35 Persecution, toleration p. 37 2 Legitimacy: The Caliphate and the State p. 43 The origins and purpose of coercive jurisdiction p. 44 Marsilius of Padua and Ibn Rushd p. 51 The responsibilities of caliphate and state p. 57 Abstract political concepts p. 59 3 Society: Tribe, Commune, and Nation p. 65 The family p. 65 Women p. 66 Feudalism p. 66 Communes p. 67 Nation p. 68 Church and 'umma p. 69 Classes p. 71 4 Regimes: Europe, Islam, and Byzantium p. 76 Monarchy p. 76 Justice and law p. 81 Law and the king p. 83 Religious constitutionalism p. 85 How to deal with a bad ruler p. 89 The people p. 94 5 Practical Politics p. 101 Managerial politics p. 103 Might and right p. 104 Ibn Khaldun, Machiavelli, Marx p. 107 6 Approaches to Political Thought p. 112 The effects of religious differences p. 112 Narrative and abstract p. 113 The influences of Plato and Aristotle p. 116 Attitudes to philosophy and reason p. 117 Islam's rejection of philosophy p. 121 European renaissance p. 124 Revival of philosophy in twelfth-century Europe p. 126 7 Changes in Religion and Politics p. 133 The first European revolution p. 133 The city republics p. 138 Sunni consolidation p. 139 Revolutionary Shi'ism in Iran p. 142 8 The Origins of Western Political Thought p. 145 Natural law p. 146 Liberty p. 149 The state p. 150 Theory and practice p. 151 Approaches to political thought (continued) p. 152 Conclusion p. 154 9 Epilogue: The West, Islam, Russia p. 157 The Influences of the West p. 159 Conclusion p. 163 Appendix Marsilius and Ibn Rushd p. 166 Bibliography p. 168 Primary sources p. 168 Secondary sources p. 170 Index p. 181 distributed by Syndetics Solutions, LLC. This comparative history of political thought examines what the Western and Islamic approaches to politics had in common and where they diverged. The book considers how various ancient and medieval thought-patterns did or did not lead to modern developments; and how sacred monarchy, the legitimacy of the state, and the role of the people were looked upon in each culture. The author focuses on the period from the rise of Islam to the European Reformation, but his analysis extends to the main genres of political thought up to the present. He argues that until the mid-eleventh century, Europe, Islam, and the Byzantine world had more in common than is commonly thought. What made the West different was the papal revolution of the late eleventh century, Europe's twelfth-century 'renaissance', and the gradual secularization of political thought which followed. At the same time, Islam, after an early blossoming, interpreted its own revelation more and more narrowly. This volume throws light on why the West and Islam each developed their own particular kind of approach to government, politics and the state, and on why these are so different. distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC. |
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