Modern Islamic Political Thought

Name: Modern Islamic Political Thought
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ISBN: 9781850434665

ISBN-10: 1850434662

ISBN-13: 9781850434665

Edition: 2nd 2005

Authors: Hamid Enayat, Roy Mottahedeh, Hamid Inayat

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Enayat describes and interprets some of the major Islamic political ideas, examining the differences between the two main schools in Islam - Shi'ism and Sunnism. The concept of the Islamic state, and the Muslim response to the challenge of modern ideologies, are also covered.

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date: 9/17/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Translator Roy Mottahedeh is Gurney Professor of History in the Middle East Studies Department at Harvard University, and author of the acclaimed The Mantle of the Prophet. He lives in Brookline, MA.



Foreword


Preface


Acknowldgements


On Transcription, Dates, etc.


Introduction: The relevance of the past



Shi'ism and Sunnism: conflict and concord



The spirit of Shi'ism



The Polemics



The crisis over the Caliphate



The concept of the Islamic state



Muhammad Rashid Rida



Fundamentalism



Nationalism, democracy and socialism



Nationalism



Democracy



Socialism



Aspects of Shi'i modernism


Background



Constitutionalism



Taqiyyah