The caliphate of man : popular sovereignty in modern Islamic thought /

The Arab Spring precipitated a crisis in political Islam. In Egypt Islamists have been crushed. In Turkey they have descended into authoritarianism. In Tunisia they govern but without the label of "political Islam." Andrew March explores how, before this crisis, Islamists developed a uniqu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: March, Andrew F., 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press, Harvard University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Islam and politics.
Islam and state.
Ummah (Islam)
Caliphate.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam et État.
Califat.
Intégrisme islamique.
RELIGION > Islam > Theology.
Politics and government.
Islamic countries > Politics and government.
Islamic countries.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: "The people wills ..."
  • The idea of Islamic democracy
  • The question of sovereignty in classical Islamic political thought
  • The crisis of the caliphate and the end of classical Islamic political theory
  • The sovereignty of God and the caliphate of man
  • The law we would give ourselves
  • A sovereign umma and a living sharīʻa
  • After Islamic democracy, after sovereignty.

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