The pluralistic frameworks of Ibn Rushd and Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im / Ayesha Omar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Omar, Ayesha, author.

Series:

Elements in Comparative Political Theory Series

Cambridge elements. Elements in comparative political theory 2633-3597

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Averroës, 1126-1198.

Averroës.

Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad, 1946-.

Naʻīm, ʻAbd Allāh Aḥmad.

Islam and politics--History.

Islam and politics.

Islamic ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The purpose of this Element is to analyse the assiduous attempts of two Islamic political thinkers-the 12th century Andalusian philosopher Ibn Rushd and the contemporary Sudanese reformist Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im-to theorise Islamic politics through an approach the author refers to as 'pluralistic frameworks'. A pluralistic framework, is a systematic mediation of Islamic ethics and politics that incorporates extra-Islamic traditions of thought from diverse sources. Pluralistic frameworks selectively and self-consciously enable dialogue, synthesis, and hybridity and seek to maintain a distinct conception of Islamic ethics that concords with a preferred set of political arguments. They enable reflexivity within the ethical purview of Islam and with an awareness of the normativity of sharī'a.Both Ibn Rushd and An-Na'im reconcile sharī'a in two very different ways, but to a common end; Ibn Rushd lays out a method of harmonisation with Greek thought, while An-Na'im resorts to the radical subversion of sharia under liberal thought.

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ISBN:

9781009386302

1009386301

9781009386319

100938631X

9781009386333

1009386336

OCLC:

1461817883