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The art of jihad : realism in Islamic political thought /

Now all but forgotten, there exists within medieval Islamic political thought a coherent "realist" tradition analogous to its Western counterpart. In The Art of Jihad: Realism in Islamic Political Thought author Malik Mufti begins by analyzing contemporary debates on jihad designed to high...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mufti, Malik (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, Albany, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Competing visions of jihad -- Imperial foundations -- The political turn in Islamic philosophy -- Ibn Khaldun's synthesis -- Contemporary echoes. 
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