Violence in Islamic thought from the Mongols to European imperialism /

This book examines how violent acts were assessed by Muslim intellectuals, analysing both changes and continuity within Islamic thought over time.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Gleave, R. (Robert) (Editor ), Kristó Nagy, István, 1974- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
Colección:Legitimate and illegitimate violence in Islamic thought ; v. 2.
Temas:
Violence > Religious aspects > Islam.
Violence > Moral and ethical aspects > Islamic countries.
Political violence > Islamic countries > History.
Violence > Philosophy.
Islam and politics.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Violence > Aspect religieux > Islam.
Violence > Aspect moral > Pays musulmans.
Violence politique > Pays musulmans > Histoire.
Violence > Philosophie.
Intégrisme islamique.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
HISTORY > Essays.
Political violence.
Violence > Moral and ethical aspects.
Islamic countries.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction / Robert Gleave and Istvánt T. Kristó-Nagy
  • Part I. The Mongols and their aftermath. 2. Violence and non-violence in the Mongol conquest of Baghdad (1258) / Michal Biran
  • 3. The Mongols as the scourge of God in the Islamic world / Timothy May
  • 4. Yasa and Shari'a: Islamic attitudes towards the Mongol law in the Turco-Mongolian world (from rhe Golden Horde to Timur's time) / István Vásáry
  • 5. Unacceptable violence as legitimation in Mongol and Timurid Iran / Beatrice Forbes Manz
  • Part II. Violence in religious thought. 6. Reconciling Ibn Taymiyya's legitimisation of violence with his vision of universal salvation / Jon Hoover
  • 7. Moral violence in Ahkham Ahl al-Dhimma by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya / Marie Thérèse Urvoy
  • 8. Al-Karaki, Jihad, the state and legitimate violence in Imami jurisprudence / Robert Gleave
  • Part III. Violence in philosophical thought. 9. Legitimate and illegitimate violence in Arabic political philosophy: al-Farabi, Ibn Rushd and Ibn Khaldun / Miklós Maróth
  • 10. 'Soft' and ' hard' power in Islamic political advice literature / Vasileios Syros
  • Part IV. Representing violence. 11. Old images in new skies: flaying in the Iranian visual tradition / Iván Szántó
  • 12. Warrant for genocide? Ottoman propaganda against the Qizilbash / Colin Imber.

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