Islam and the foundations of political power / Ali Abdel Razek ; translated by Maryam Loutfi ; edited by Abdou Filali-Ansary.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻAbd al-Rāziq, ʻAlī, 1888-1966.

Contributor:

Loutfi, Maryam.

Filali-Ansary, Abdou.

Aga Khan University. Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations.

Series:

In translation, modern Muslim thinkers

In translation: modern Muslim thinkers

Standardized Title:

Islām wa-uṣūl al-ḥukm. English

إسلام وأصول الحكم. إنجليزي http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2012067498

Language:

Arabic

English

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences).

Islam.

ʻAbd al-Rāziq, ʻAlī, 1888-1966. Islām wa-uṣūl al-ḥukm.

ʻAbd al-Rāziq, ʻAlī.

Islam and politics.

Islam and state.

Caliphate.

Power (Social sciences)--Religious aspects--Islam.

Physical Description:

xii, 131 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press ; [London] : The Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, [2012]

Language Note:

In English; translated from the Arabic.

Summary:

"The publication of this essay in Egypt in 1925 took the contemporaries of Ali Abdel Razek by storm. Challenging fundamental ideas about political power, it was the focus of much attention and the seed of a heated debate. It was especially potent as at this time the Muslim world was in great turmoil over the question of the abolition of the caliphate by Mustapha Kemal Ataturk in Turkey. The essay gave rise to a series of "refutations" and unleashed the Arab world's first great public debate with polemics supporting or refuting Ali Abdel Razek's ideas published all over the press. Eventually he was tried by the al-Azhar court, denounced, stripped of his title of 'alim and barred from future employment in education and the judiciary."--jacket.

Contents:

The caliphate and Islam

Islam and government

The caliphate and the government throughout history.

Notes:

"Edinburgh University Press in association with The Aga Khan University, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-122) and index.

ISBN:

9780748639786

0748639780

OCLC:

805937145