Afghanistan Rising - Islamic Law and Statecraft Between the Ottoman and British Empires

Debunking conventional narratives, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first Muslim-majority country to gain independence, codify its own laws, and ratify a constitution after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Afghanistan, he shows, attracted thinkers eager to craft a modern state within the interpretive traditions of Islamic law and ethics.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Faiz Ahmed is the Joukowsky Family Distinguished Associate Professor of Modern Middle East History at Brown University.

Zusammenfassung

Debunking conventional narratives, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first Muslim-majority country to gain independence, codify its own laws, and ratify a constitution after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Afghanistan, he shows, attracted thinkers eager to craft a modern state within the interpretive traditions of Islamic law and ethics.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Faiz Ahmed
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780674971943
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97194-3
• Seiten: 448
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Theorien und Ideengeschichte; Ottoman Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, HISTORY / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire, Islamic Studies, Political science & theory, Islamic Law, Middle Eastern history, Asian History, LAW / Islamic, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, HISTORY / Asia / South / General