Antony Black

Comparing Western and Islamic Political Thought

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comparative history of political thought examines what the Western and Islamic approaches to politics had in common and where they diverged. It throws light on why the West and Islam each developed their own particular kind of approach to government, politics, and the state, and on why these approaches are so different.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 164mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9780199533206
• ISBN-10: 0199533202
• Artikelnr.: 23462756

Autorenporträt

Antony Black is Professor Emeritus in the History of Political Thought, School of Humanities, University of Dundee. He was Lecturer in Politics at University of Dundee from 1963 until retirement in 2000. 1975-76 Visiting Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Administration, The American University, Washington DC., USA. 1980-81 Senior Research Fellow, Nuffield Foundation. March-April 1993 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Jurisprudence, University of Trento, Italy. 1993-7. Head of Dept. of Politics 1995-9 Book Review Editor of Early Modern History: Contacts, Contrasts and Comparisons (Brill).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
1: Religion and Politics: the West, Islam, Byzantium
2: Legitimacy: the Caliphate and the State
3: Society
4: Regimes: Europe, Byzantium, Islam
5: Practical Politics
6: Approaches to Political Thought
7: Changes in Religion and Politics
8: The Origins of Western Political Thought
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources