Law and Politics Under the Abbasids An Intellectual Portrait of Al-Juwayni

Explores the eleventh century Abbasid Empire and the intersection between politics, theology, and law in the thought of Abu Ma'ali al-Juwayni.

Info autore

Sohaira Z. M. Siddiqui is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University, Qatar. She has published a series of articles in the Journal of Islamic Studies, Islamic Law and Society, the Journal of the American Oriental Society and Middle East Law and Governance. She is also the editor of a forthcoming volume entitled Locating the Shari'a: Legal Fluidity in Theory, History and Practice. She has held fellowships at the University of Cambridge and Harvard Law School and is a series editor for Sapientia Islamica, published with Mohr Siebeck.

Riassunto

Abu Ma'ali al-Juwayni (d. 478/1085) is a lauded figure in Islamic intellectual history but his thought remains underexplored. Living during a politically precarious period, he became preoccupied with questions of religious certainty and continuity. Siddiqui reveals the dynamism of his thinking on the relationship between theology, law and politics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sohaira Z. M. Siddiqui, SIDDIQUI SOHAIRA
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni; Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9781108496780
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49678-0
• Numero di pagine: 326
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Islamic C; Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization; Cambridge Studies in Islamic C
• Categorie: Islam; History of Ideas; HISTORY / Middle East / General; Middle Eastern history; General and world history