Islam and the state in Ibn Taymiyya : translation and analysis

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    • Islam, Jaan S.
    • Eryiğit, Adem
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Islam and the state in Ibn Taymiyya : translation and analysis

Jaan S. Islam and Adem Eryiğit

(Culture and civilization in the Middle East)

Routledge, 2022

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-274) and index

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Description

"Proto-Salafist" 14th-century theologian Ibn Taymiyya is recognized as the intellectual forefather of contemporary Salafism and Jihadism. This volume offers a unique approach to the study of Ibn Taymiyya, by offering an English translation of his fundamental political treatise, The Office of Islamic Government, and shorter collections from The Collected Fatwas and The Prophetic Way, and Islamic Governance in Reconciling between the Ruler and the Ruled. The volume not only sheds light on these primary sources through translation and annotation, but also offers a theoretical analysis of Ibn Taymiyya's thought and how his legal views can be reconciled with current trends in Islamic political theory. The analysis provides an overview of Ibn Taymiyya's geopolitical context, and includes an original study of his normative political thought. In examining the contemporary implications of Ibn Taymiyya's political theology, the authors explore his doctrine of the Islamic state in the context of Islamic decolonial theory. Islam and the State in Ibn Taymiyya will appeal to academics in the fields of political science and religious studies, particularly within the field of Islamic history.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction 1: Introduction 2: The Works: Their Author, Significance Part II: The Translation 3: The Translation (Part One): The Office of Islamic Government 4: The Translation (Part Two): Ordering Good and Prohibiting Evil 5: The Translation (Part Three): The Compiled Fatwas, The Prophetic Way Against the Shi'ites, and 'Islamic Governance' on the Importance of Islamic Government Part III: Analysis 6: Analysis and Comparison of Ibn Taymiyya's Political Thought and Feasibility of the Islamic State 7: The Caliphate and the Nation-State: Navigating Ibn Taymiyya in a (post-)Modern World Glossary References Index

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