Prophecy and Power: Violence and Islam II - Violence and Islam II

"Originally published in French as Prophâetie et pouvoir. Violence et Islame II (c) Editions du Seuil, 2019."

List of contents

Epigraph 1 God, 'The Messenger of Muhammad'?
Notes
2 The Ghazaw¿t: The Violence Involved in the Foundation of Islam
Notes
3 Putting the Text to Work
Notes
4 Saq¿fa: Power in a Tizzy
Notes
5 The City of God and Entitlement
Notes
6 Tillage? Woman, the Most Noble of Words
Notes
7 'Love's Capital Is Not to Have Any'
Notes
8 The West of the Enlightenment: What Does It Have to Do with the Orient?
Notes
Epilogue: Leaving the Cave!
Notes
Glossary

About the author

Adonis was born in 1930 in Qassabine, Syria, and has been writing poetry for over seventy years. Frequently tipped for the Nobel Prize for Literature, his achievements have been recognized with numerous international accolades, including the Goethe Prize in 2011.
Houria Abdelouahed is a psychoanalyst, lecturer and translator.

Product details

• Authors: Houria Abdelouahed, Adonis, Houria Adonis Abdelouahed
• Assisted by: Julie Rose (Translation), Rose Julie (Translation)
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781509542154
• ISBN: 978-1-5095-4215-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Religion & beliefs, Politics & government, Politics and government, Religion and beliefs