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Law and politics under the Abbasids : an intellectual portrait of al-Juwayni / Sohaira Z.M. Siddiqui.
Van Pelt Library KBP330.I43 S55 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siddiqui, Sohaira Zahid, author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Imām al-Ḥaramayn al-Juwaynī, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1028-1085.
- Imām al-Ḥaramayn al-Juwaynī, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn ʻAbd Allāh.
- Islamic law--History--To 1500.
- Islamic law.
- Islamic law--Methodology.
- Muslim scholars--Biography.
- Muslim scholars.
- Abbasids.
- abbasid.
- Imām al-Ḥaramayn al-Juwaynī, ʻAbd al-Malik ibn ʻAbd Allāh, 1028-1085.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Biographies
- History
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 312 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Abu Ma'ali al-Juwayni (d.478/1085) lived in a politically tumultuous period. The rise of powerful dynastic families forced the Abbasid Caliph into a position of titular power, and created instability. He also witnessed intellectual upheavals living amidst great theological and legal diversity. Collectively, these experiences led him to consider questions of religious certainty and social and political continuity. He noted that if political elites are constantly changing, paralleled with shifting intellectual allegiances, what ensures the continuity of religion? He concluded that continuity of society is contingent upon knowledge and practice of the Shari'a. Here, Sohaira Siddiqui explores how scholars grappled with questions of human reason and knowledge, and how their answers to these questions often led them to challenge dominant ideas of what the Shari'a is. By doing this, she highlights the interconnections between al-Juwayni's discussions on theology, law and politics, and the socio-political intellectual landscapes that forged them."-- Publisher.
- Contents:
- Politics, Patronage, and Scholarship in Nishapur
- Al-JuwayniÌ : Life of a Scholar
- Intellectual Fissures : The AshÊ»ariÌs and the Mu'tazila
- The Epistemology of al-JuwayniÌ
- Certainty in Legal Sources : HÌ£adiÌth
- Certainty in Legal Sources : ijmaÌÊ»
- The Rise of Legal Uncertainty : QiyaÌs al-maÊ»naÌ
- Coping with Legal Uncertainty : QiyaÌs al-Shabah
- The Search for Continuity : al-JuwayniÌ's Political Thought
- Continuity, Custom, and Applied Epistemology in al-JuwayniÌ's Political Thought
- Conclusion.
- Al-Juwaynī : Life of a Scholar
- Intellectual Fissures : The Ashʻarīs and the Mu'tazila
- The Epistemology of al-Juwaynī
- Certainty in Legal Sources : Ḥadīth
- Certainty in Legal Sources : ijmāʻ
- The Rise of Legal Uncertainty : Qiyās al-maʻná
- Coping with Legal Uncertainty : Qiyās al-Shabah
- The Search for Continuity : al-Juwaynī's Political Thought
- Continuity, Custom, and Applied Epistemology in al-Juwaynī's Political Thought
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781108496780
- 1108496784
- 9781108721950
- 1108721958
- OCLC:
- 1084641487
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