Caliphate Or Supreme Imamate

A translation of Muhammad Rashid Rida's best-known work, which examines the compatibility of Islamic political and legal tradition with modern thoughtMuhammad Rashid Rida (1865-1935) was a prominent Muslim intellectual and reformer. Born in a village near Tripoli in present-day Lebanon, he was renowned for his founding of Al-Manar, an independent and successful Islamic magazine in which he published The Caliphate or Supreme Imamate as a series beginning in 1922. The work showcased Rida's faith in the Islamic tradition as the origin of notions such as self-determination and popular sovereignty, as well as his opposition to Western politics. A realist, he nevertheless argued that a revived Caliphate was viable and held the keys to Muslim empowerment and universal salvation.This skillful translation by Simon A. Wood will make The Caliphate or Supreme Imamate accessible for the first time to English-speaking scholars and students of political theory and the modern Middle East.

Product details

• Authors: Muhammad Rashid Rida
• Assisted by: Simon A Wood (Translation)
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.06.2024
• EAN: 9780300187298
• ISBN: 978-0-300-18729-8
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: World Thought in Translation
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Islam, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, 20th Century, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, HISTORY / World, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, RELIGION / Islam / History, Middle East, General & world history, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, Social & political philosophy, History of Religion, Religion & politics, social and political philosophy, Politics and government, General and world history, Religion and Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State