Mawlana Mawdudi and Political Islam - Authority and the Islamic State

Informationen zum Autor Roy Jackson is Senior Lecturer in Religion! Philosophy and Ethics at the University of Gloucestershire with a research interest in the interaction between religion! ethics! and philosophy! with particular emphasis on Islam. He is the author of Fifty Key Figures in Islam (2006)! and Nietzsche and Islam (2007)! both published by Routledge. Klappentext Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the modern world! whose brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. This book engages and assesses his career and legacy within the wider context of political Islam. Zusammenfassung Mawlana Mawdudi was one of the most influential and important Islamic thinkers of the modern world, whose brand of political Islam has won widespread acceptance in South and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. This book engages and assesses his career and legacy within the wider context of political Islam. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Part 1: The Life and Times of Mawdudi 1. A Noble Lineage. 1903-1919 2. 'A hidden power within me'! 1920-1930 3. Crisis of the Spirit! 1930-1939 4. The Birth of a New Party! 1940-1947 5. The Pakistan Years! 1947-1979 Part 2: Mawdudi and Political Islam 6. The Need for 'Intellectual Independence' 7. The Salafiyyah 8. Mawdudi's Paradigms: The Four Sources of His Islamic Constitution 9. Theo-Democracy (or Divine Government?) 10. Jihad and the Permanent Revolution 11. Mawdudi's Legacy

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• Authors: Roy Jackson, Roy (Freelance Researcher Jackson, Roy (Primary Pgce Course Leader At the Un Jackson, Roy (University of Gloucestershire Jackson, Jackson Roy
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2010
• EAN: 9780415474115
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47411-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Islam, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, Islamic Studies, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Religious & theocratic ideologies, Social groups: religious groups and communities