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God's rule : government and Islam / Patricia Crone.
Publication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2004.Description: x, 462 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780231132916 (pbk.) :
- 0231132913 (pbk.) :
- 0231132905 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780231132909 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Islam and state -- Islamic Empire -- History
- Islam and politics -- Islamic Empire -- History
- Islamic Empire -- Politics and government
- Ummah (Islam)
- Islamic Empire -- History -- 622-661
- Islamic Empire -- History -- 661-750
- Islamic Empire -- History -- 750-1258
- Political science -- Islamic Empire -- History
- Islam
- Politieke aspecten
- Kerk en staat
- Islam et État -- Empire islamique -- Histoire
- Islam et politique -- Empire islamique -- Histoire
- Ummah (Islam)
- Idées politiques -- Empire islamique -- Histoire
- Empire islamique -- Politique et gouvernement
- Empire islamique -- Histoire -- 622-661
- Empire islamique -- Histoire -- 661-750
- Empire islamique -- Histoire -- 750-1258
- DS38.2 .C76 2004
Contents:
I. The beginnings -- The origins of government -- The first civil war and sect formation -- The Umayyads -- -- II. The waning of the tribal tradition, c. 700-900 -- Introduction -- The Kharijites -- The Mu'tazilites -- The Shi'tes of the Umayyad period -- The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism -- The Zaydis -- The Imamis -- The Hadith party -- -- III. Coping with a fragmented world -- Introduction -- The Persian tradition and advice literature -- The Greek tradition and "Political science" -- The Ismailis -- The Sunnis -- -- IV. Government and society -- The nature of government -- The functions of government -- Visions of freedom -- The social order -- Muslims and non-Muslims -- Epilogue: religion, government, and society revisited
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DS 38.2 .C76 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5053443 |
Published simultaneously in the U.K. as: Medieval Islamic political thought. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 414-446) and index.
I. The beginnings -- The origins of government -- The first civil war and sect formation -- The Umayyads -- -- II. The waning of the tribal tradition, c. 700-900 -- Introduction -- The Kharijites -- The Mu'tazilites -- The Shi'tes of the Umayyad period -- The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism -- The Zaydis -- The Imamis -- The Hadith party -- -- III. Coping with a fragmented world -- Introduction -- The Persian tradition and advice literature -- The Greek tradition and "Political science" -- The Ismailis -- The Sunnis -- -- IV. Government and society -- The nature of government -- The functions of government -- Visions of freedom -- The social order -- Muslims and non-Muslims -- Epilogue: religion, government, and society revisited
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