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Commanding right and forbidding wrong in Islamic thought /
What kind of duty do we have to try to stop other people doing wrong? The question is intelligible in just about any culture, but few of them seek to answer it in a rigorous fashion. The most striking exception is found in the Islamic tradition, where 'commanding right' and 'forbiddin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What kind of duty do we have to try to stop other people doing wrong? The question is intelligible in just about any culture, but few of them seek to answer it in a rigorous fashion. The most striking exception is found in the Islamic tradition, where 'commanding right' and 'forbidding wrong' is a central moral tenet already mentioned in the Koran. As an historian of Islam whose research has ranged widely over space and time, Michael Cook is well placed to interpret this complex subject. His book represents the first sustained attempt to map the history of Islamic reflection on this obligation. It covers the origins of Muslim thinking about 'forbidding wrong', the relevant doctrinal developments over the centuries, and its significance in Sunni and Shi'ite thought today. In this way the book contributes to the understanding of Islamic thought, its relevance to contemporary Islamic politics and ideology, and raises fundamental questions for the comparative study of ethics.--Publisher description. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 702 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 604-660 and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511033567 9780511033568 0511118090 9780511118098 9780521661744 0521661749 9780511497452 0511497458 0511048807 9780511048807 9780521130936 052113093X 9786610162338 6610162336 1107118263 9781107118263 1280162333 9781280162336 0511018681 9780511018688 0511155891 9780511155895 0511304013 9780511304019 |