RT Book
T1 Commanding right and forbidding wrong in Islamic thought
A1 Cook, Michael
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2000
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/883461021
AB What kind of duty do we have to try to stop other people doing wrong? The question is intelligible in just about any culture, but few of them seek to answer it in a rigourous fashion. The most striking exception is found in the Islamic tradition, where 'commanding right' and 'forbidding wrong' is a central moral tenet already mentioned in the Koran. As an historian of Islam whose research has ranged widely over space and time, Michael Cook is well placed to interpret this complex subject. His book represents the first sustained attempt to map the history of Islamic reflection on this obligation. It covers the origins of Muslim thinking about 'forbidding wrong', the relevant doctrinal developments over the centuries, and its significance in Sunni and Shi'ite thought today. In this way the book contributes to the understanding of Islamic thought, its relevance to contemporary Islamic politics and ideology, and raises fundamental questions for the comparative study of ethics.
AB pt. 1. Introductory -- pt. 2. The Hanbalites -- pt. 3. The Mu'tazilites and Shi'ites -- pt. 4. Other sects and schools -- pt. 5. Beyond classical Islam
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
CN BJ1291
SN 9780511497452
K1 Religious Life : Shīʻah.
K1 Religious Life : Islam.
K1 Islam : Doctrines.
K1 Islamic Ethics
K1 Religious Life : Islam
K1 Islam : Doctrines
K1 Religious Life : Shīʻah
K1 Religious life ; Shīʻah
K1 Religious life ; Islam
K1 Islam ; Doctrines
DO 10.1017/CBO9780511497452