The Hijaz : the first Islamic state / Malik R. Dahlan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daḥlān, Mālik ibn Rabīʻ, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)--History.

Hejaz (Saudi Arabia).

Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)--Politics and government.

Hejaz (Saudi Arabia)--Religion.

Politics and government.

Religion.

Saudi Arabia--Hejaz.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 560 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[New York, NY] : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Summary:

Dahlan offers an alternative vision of Islamic governance through the history and promise of the Hijaz, the first state of Islam.

Contents:

Part I. Statehood: pre-modern

Idealized statehood

International order and the nation-state

Part II. Self-determination: modern

Arab self-determination and the rise of the modern state

Hijazi self-determination and the new international system

Islamic self-determination and the international legal system

International law and its impact on the Hijaz

Part III. Present and future

Geopolitical challenges: ideology and statehood

The ideological drivers of submerged statehood in the afterlife of the Hijaz

The reluctant Hijaz: a moment for pause, reflection, and legitimate policy reset

Conclusion

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 491-515) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Daḥlān, Mālik ibn Rabīʻ. Hijaz : the first Islamic state.

ISBN:

0190909722

9780190909727

OCLC:

1028888311