Ghazālīʾs politics in context
Imam Abü Hamid al-Ghazalı is perhaps the most celebrated Muslim theologian of medieval Islam yet little attention has been paid to his personal theology. This book sets out to investigate the relationship between law and politics in the writings of Ghazalı and aims to establish the extent to which t...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London [u.a.]
Routledge
2013
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Culture and civilization in the Middle East (34)
Year: 2013 |
| Series/Journal: | Culture and civilization in the Middle East
34 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ġazzālī, Abū-Ḥāmid Muḥammad Ibn-Muḥammad al- 1058-1111
/ Political science
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| Further subjects: | B
Islamic philosophy
B Ghazzālī, 1058-1111 Political and social views B Ghazzālī, 1058-1111 Philosophy B Political science Iran History To 1500 B Political Science Philosophy B Islamic Law Philosophy B Law Political aspects Iran History To 1500 B Ghazzālī (1058-1111) |
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| Summary: | Imam Abü Hamid al-Ghazalı is perhaps the most celebrated Muslim theologian of medieval Islam yet little attention has been paid to his personal theology. This book sets out to investigate the relationship between law and politics in the writings of Ghazalı and aims to establish the extent to which this relationship explains Ghazalı’s political theology. Articles concerned with Ghazalı’s political thought have invariably paid little attention to his theology and his thinking about God, neglecting to ask what role these have contributed to his definition of politics and political ethics. Here, the question of Ghazalı’s politics takes into account his thinking on God, knowledge, law, and the Koran, in addition to political systems and ethics. Yazeed Said puts forward the convincing argument that if Ghazalı’s legal and political epistemology provide a polemic analogous to his writings on philosophy, for which he is more famed, they would reveal to us a manifesto for an alternative order, concerned with a coherent definition of the community, or Ummah. This book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of the Middle East, political theology and Islamic studies. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XVI, 204 S., 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0-415-62513-0 978-0-415-62513-5 |
