Title:
Medieval Islamic political thought / Patricia Crone.
The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys
New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
Author:
Crone, Patricia, 1945-2015.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I. The beginnings -- The origins of government -- The first civil war and sect formation -- The Umayyads -- -- II. The waning of the tribal tradition, c. 700-900 -- Introduction -- The Kharijites -- The Mu'tazilites -- The Shi'tes of the Umayyad period -- The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism -- The Zaydis -- The Imamis -- The Hadith party -- -- III. Coping with a fragmented world -- Introduction -- The Persian tradition and advice literature -- The Greek tradition and "Political science" -- The Ismailis -- The Sunnis -- -- IV. Government and society -- The nature of government -- The functions of government -- Visions of freedom -- The social order -- Muslims and non-Muslims -- Epilogue: religion, government, and society revisited.
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press,
Publication Place:
Edinburgh :
ISBN:
0748621946 (pbk.)
9780748621941(pbk.)
Subject:
Islam and politics -- History -- To 1500.
Political culture -- Islamic countries -- History -- To 1500.
Political science -- Islamic countries -- History -- To 1500.
Series:
The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys
New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
Edition:
[New ed.].
Contents:
I. The beginnings -- The origins of government -- The first civil war and sect formation -- The Umayyads -- -- II. The waning of the tribal tradition, c. 700-900 -- Introduction -- The Kharijites -- The Mu'tazilites -- The Shi'tes of the Umayyad period -- The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism -- The Zaydis -- The Imamis -- The Hadith party -- -- III. Coping with a fragmented world -- Introduction -- The Persian tradition and advice literature -- The Greek tradition and "Political science" -- The Ismailis -- The Sunnis -- -- IV. Government and society -- The nature of government -- The functions of government -- Visions of freedom -- The social order -- Muslims and non-Muslims -- Epilogue: religion, government, and society revisited.
Physical Description:
xii, 462 pages : genealogical tables ;
Publication Date:
2005.
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