Wael Hallaq (Columbia University)

Broschiertes Buch

The Impossible State

Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament

Beschreibung

Wael B. Hallaq boldly argues that the Islamic state, judged by any standard definition of what the modern state represents, is both impossible and inherently self-contradictory. Comparing the legal, political, moral, and constitutional histories of premodern Islam and Euro-America, he finds the adoption and practice of the modern state to be highly problematic for modern Muslims. He also critiques more expansively modernitys moral predicament, which renders impossible any project resting solely on ethical foundations.

Autor

Wael B. Hallaq is the Avalon Foundation Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. Hallaq's research spans several fields, including law, legal theory, philosophy, political theory, and logic, and his publications include The Impossible State: Islam, Politics, and Modernity's Moral Predicament, Shari'a: Theory, Practice, Transformations; An Introduction to Islamic Law; and Authority, Continuity, and Change in Islamic Law. His works have been translated into several languages, including Arabic, Indonesian, Hebrew, Japanese, Persian, Turkish, and Russian.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780231162579
• ISBN-10: 023116257X
• Artikelnr.: 41152421

Rezensionen

"A philosophical and rhetorical tour de force." - Choice