Al-Ṭabarī's Madhhab Jariri : a paradigm of natural law and natural rights for the ʻAbbasid caliphate / Ulrika Mårtensson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mårtensson, Ulrika, author.

Series:

Islamic History and Thought Series

Islamic History and Thought ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abbasids--Historiography.

Abbasids.

Islamic countries--Historiography.

Islamic countries.

Arab countries--Historiography.

Arab countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (422 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press LLC, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The book analyses the works of Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī (224/839–310/923) as expressions of the theory of natural law and natural rights, and its corollary theories of politics and social contract, language and rhetoric, hermeneutics, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, and ethics. Through this approach, the author argues that al-Ṭabarī’s scholarship constitutes not only sources of information about the rise and early development of Islam and Islamic polities and disciplines, but theoretically informed analysis of sources and scripture as well. As such, al-Ṭabarī’s works offer important contributions to current research into early Islamic history, law, administration, and the Qur’an. A preliminary effort is also made to historically trace al-Ṭabarī’s theoretical paradigms to a continuum of translation and commentary on Aristotle’s works. The starting point is the mid-500s CE in the Sassanid empire and the Arab polities within its domain, i.e., the Lakhmid kingdom and its administrative links with Hijaz, and the end point is the mid-300s H/900s CE in the Abbasid Caliphate. Alongside this theoretical legacy, the author plots both the Qur’an and al-Ṭabarī’s works, including his famous Qur’an commentary. Special attention is also devoted to relations between theory and practice, concerning ownership of lands, the land tax, redistribution and the common good, conditions for agriculture, and peasants’ rights.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter One. Markers of Polity: Religion, Philosophy & Law

Chapter Two. Qur’anic Language, Rhetoric and Composition

Chapter Three. Natural Law, Natural Rights, and al-Ṭabarī’s madhhab jarīrī

Chapter Four. al-Ṭabarī’s Methodology

Chapter Five. Covenant as Grand Theory

Chapter Six. Concluding Analysis

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781463244781

1463244789

OCLC:

1356995130