Abdelilah Belkeziz

The State in Contemporary Islamic Thought

A Historical Survey of the Major Muslim Political Thinkers of the Modern Era

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Produktbeschreibung

In any debate on 'Islam' and 'Modernity', the notion of the state looms large. Abdelillah Belkeziz here charts the development of the concept of 'the state' (al-Dawlah) in Islamic discourse over the last two centuries. The result is a tour de force survey of the most influential Muslim thinkers of the modern era, which encompasses three successive waves: the Modernist trends of the early and later reformers such as Sayyed Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, Muhammad 'Abduh and Rashid Rida; the transition and break with the Reformist trend associated with Hasan al-Banna; and the political rhetoric of Revivalists such as Sayyid Qutb and Ayatollah Khomeini. Belkeziz also examines key, formative concepts in the history of intellectual development in Islamic thought concerning the state and power, including long-standing issues such as the debates surrounding the implementation of the Shari'ah or the meaning of al-Shura, as well as more recent evolutions in Islamic political thought, such as Khomeini's Wilayat al-Faqih. Through this analysis, Belkeziz argues that modern Islamic political thought has ultimately failed to produce a unified theory of state. Covering topics such as democracy, theocracy, constitutionalism and law, this work is an essential encyclopaedic resource for all scholars and researchers of Political Islam. Abdelillah Belkeziz is Professor of Philosophy at Hasan II University in Casablanca, Morocco. He is the author of several books, including The Formation of Political Islam: The Prophetic and Politics (2005) and Arabs and Modernity: A Study in the Discourse of Modernists (2007).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA 3pl
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 162mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781780766492
• ISBN-10: 1780766491
• Artikelnr.: 39241617

Autorenporträt

Abdelilah Belkeziz

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the English Language Edition Preface Part One: From the Nation
State to the State of the Khalifa Chapter 1: The State of the 'Tanzimat' or
the State of Reason and al-Shar' (Islamic Law) Chapter 2: For the Sake of
the Nation State: A Criticism of Political and Religious Authority Chapter
3: The Conditional State: The Constitutional Question in Modern Shi'ite
Political Fiqh Chapter 4: From the Nation State to the State of the
Khilafah: Renewal of 'Islamic Legal Politics' Chapter 5: On the Theoretical
Criticism of the Khilafah Part Two: From the Islamic State to the Religious
State Chapter 6: On the 'Islamic State': Religious and Political Aspects
Chapter 7: The State and al-Shari'ah in the Criticism of the Secular Idea
Chapter 8: Al-Shura and Democracy: Connection and Disjuncture Chapter 9:
Pseudo-Theocracy in the Rule of Allah: 'al-Hakimiyah' Chapter 10:
Pseudo-Theocracy: On the 'Wilayat al-Faqih' Chapter 11: On the Criticism of
'Divine Right' Chapter 12: Is There a Contemporary Islamic Thought?
Epilogue