Politics, law, and community in islamic thought : the Taymiyyan moment / Ovamir Anjum, University of Toledo.

Yer Numarası
A.IX/5032
ISBN
9781107014060 (hardback)
9781107687110 (paperback)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Fiziksel Niteleme
xvii, 294 sayfa ; 24 cm.
Dizi
Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
Genel Not
İndeks s. 289-294.
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografya s. 275-287.
İçindekiler Notu
Where to look for Islamic political thought? -- Ibn Taymiyya's political thought -- The contours -- PART I. THE CLASSICAL LEGACY. A tale of two visions: Sharīa and Siyāsa in early Islam -- The political thought of the classical period -- Reason and community in the classical period -- PART II. THE TAYMIYYAN INTERVETION. Ibn Taymiyya's world -- Defending revelation and liberating reason -- Fitra, community, and Islamic politics -- Conclusion.
Özet, vb.
“This revisionist account of the history of Islamic political thought from the early to the late medieval period focuses on Ibn Taymiyya, one of the most brilliant theologians of his day. This original study demonstrates how his influence shed new light on the entire trajectory of Islamic political thought. Although he did not reject the Caliphate ideal, as is commonly believed, he nevertheless radically redefined it by turning it into a rational political institution intended to serve the community (umma). Through creative reinterpretation, he deployed the Qur'anic concept of fitra (divinely endowed human nature) to centre the community of believers and its common-sense reading of revelation as the highest epistemic authority. In this way, he subverted the elitism that had become ensconced in classical theological, legal and spiritual doctrines, and tried to revive the ethico-political, rather than strictly legal, dimension of Islam. In reassessing Ibn Taymiyya's work, this book marks a major departure from traditional interpretations of medieval Islamic thought“ -- Yayıncı.