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The Birth and Evolution of Islamic Political Theory: Political Rationalism from Ibn Al-Muqaffa to Ibn Khaldun

The Birth and Evolution of Islamic Political Theory: Political Rationalism from Ibn Al-Muqaffa to Ibn Khaldun

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Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral Middle Eastern HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 1399522019
ISBN13: 9781399522014
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: Nov 30 2024
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.40
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The literature on Islamic political thought utilises a methodology whose typical characteristic is the arbitrary use of religious, philosophical and political perspectives, as if the differences among them have no effect. This amounts to the theologizing or philosophizing of works of Islamic political theory - written as responses to social, economic and political dynamics - as if they were written as general theoretical formulations of religion or political philosophy.

To overcome this problem, The Birth and Evolution of Islamic Political Theory first categorizes Islamic political thought as three distinct group categories: the religious view of politics, Islamic political philosophy, and Islamic political theory. In turn, Islamic political theory is defined as the intention to explain and justify politics by invoking social, economic, and political dynamics completely or partially independently of religious and philosophical norms. These dynamics are illustrated by the study of five political rationalists: Ibn al-Muqaffa, al-Mawardi, Nizam al-Mulk, Ibn Tufayl and Ibn Khaldun.

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