Politics, law and community in Islamic thought
Subtitle: the Taymiyyan moment
By: Ovamir Anjum
Series: Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781107014060
Subjects: Islam and state; History; Political science; Political and social views
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: where to look for Islamic political thought?: Ibn Taymiyya's political thought; title: A tale of two visions: Sharia and Siyasa in early Islam; title: The political thought of the classical period; title: Reason and community in the classical period; title: Ibn Taymiyya's world; title: Defending revelation and liberating reason; title: Fiyra, community, and Islamic politics; title: Conclusion.