Medieval Islamic Political Thought

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Edinburgh University Press, 11 mar 2014 - 462 páginas
This book presents general readers and specialists alike with a broad survey of Islamic political thought in the six centuries from the rise of Islam to the Mongol invasions.
 

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THE ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT
THE FIRST CIVIL WAR AND SECT FORMATION
THE SHĪʿITES OF THE UMAYYAD PERIOD 8 THE ʿABBĀSIDS AND SHĪʿISM 9 THE ZAYDĪS 10 THE IMAMIS
THE UMAYYADS
COPING WITH A FRAGMENTED WORLD
INTRODUCTION
GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY
THE NATURE OF GOVERNMENT
THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT
VISIONS OF FREEDOM
THE SOCIAL ORDER
MUSLIMS AND NONMUSLIMS
RELIGION GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY REVISITED
Bibliography abbreviations and conventions

THE PERSIAN TRADITION AND ADVICE LITERATURE 14 THE GREEK TRADITION AND POLITICAL SCIENCE 15 THE ISMAILIS
THE SUNNIS
THE KHĀRIJITES
Index and glossary
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Medieval Islamic Political Thought
Patricia Crone
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Medieval Islamic Political Thought
Patricia Crone
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Sobre el autor (2014)

Patricia Crone was born on March 28, 1945 in Kyndelose, Denmark. She received undergraduate and doctoral degrees from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. She taught at Oxford University and Cambridge University before joining the Institute for Advanced Study, an independent research center, where she was a professor from 1997 until retiring in 2014. She explored archaeological records and contemporary Greek and Aramaic sources to challenge views on the roots and evolution of Islam. She wrote numerous books during her lifetime including Hagarism: The Making of the Islamic World written with Michael Cook, God's Rule: Government and Islam: Six Centuries of Medieval Islamic Political Thought, and The Nativist Prophets of Early Islamic Iran. She died from cancer on July 11, 2015 at the age of 70.

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TítuloMedieval Islamic Political Thought
AutorPatricia Crone
Ediciónreimpresa
EditorEdinburgh University Press, 2014
ISBN0748696504, 9780748696505
N.º de páginas462 páginas
  
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