The caliphate of man : popular sovereignty in modern Islamic thought / Andrew F. March.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

March, Andrew F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics.

Islam and state.

Ummah (Islam).

Caliphate.

Islamic fundamentalism.

Islamic countries--Politics and government.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Islamist thinkers used to debate the doctrine of the caliphate of man, which holds that God is sovereign but has appointed the multitude of believers as His vicegerent. Andrew March argues that the doctrine underpins a democratic vision of popular rule over governments and clerics. But is this an ideal regime destined to survive only in theory?

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface "The People Wills . . ."

1. The Idea of Islamic Democracy

2. The Question of Sovereignty in Classical Islamic Political Thought

3. The Crisis of the Caliphate and the End of Classical Islamic Political Theory

4. The Sovereignty of God and the Caliphate of Man

5. The Law We Would Give Ourselves

6. A Sovereign Umma and a Living Sharīʿa

7. After Islamic Democracy, after Sovereignty

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [231]-281) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

9780674242746

0674242742

9780674242739

0674242734

OCLC:

1120125475