Violence in Islamic Thought from the Mongols to European Imperialism (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Gleave, Robert; Kristo-Nagy, Istvan

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Produktbeschreibung

The violent conquest of the eastern part of the lands under Muslim rule by the Mongols marked a new period in the history of Islamic civilisation and in attitudes towards violence. This volume examines the various intellectual and cultural reactions of Muslim thinkers to these events, both within and without the territories subjected to Mongol control. Each chapter examines how violent acts were assessed by Muslim intellectuals, analysing both changes and continuity within Islamic thought over time. Each chapter is structured around a case study in which violent acts are justified or condemned, revealing the variety of attitudes to violence in the medieval period. They are framed by a detailed introduction, focusing on theoretical perspectives on violence and religion and their application, or otherwise, to medieval Islam.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juli 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474413015
• Artikelnr.: 72421227

Autorenporträt

Robert Gleave was Director of the Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence Project 2010-2013, and is Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Exeter. He specializes in Islamic legal theory (u¿ul al-fiqh) and Shi¿i legal thought. His most recent publications include Islam and Literalism: Literal Meaning and Interpretation in Islamic Legal Theory (EUP, 2012) István Kristó-Nagy is a Lecturer in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of La pensée d'Ibn al-Muqaffa¿ (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Dates and Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables 1. Introduction, Robert Gleave and István T. Kristó-Nagy PART 1. The Mongols and their Aftermath 2. Violence and non-violence in the Mongol conquest of Baghdad (1258), Michal Biran 3. The Mongols as the Scourge of God in the Islamic World, Timothy May 4. Yasa and shari
a Islamic Attitudes toward the Mongol Law in the Turco-Mongolian World (from the Golden Horde to Timur's Time), István Vásáry 5. Unacceptable violence as legitimation in Mongol and Timurid Iran, Beatrice Manz Part 2. Violence in Religious Thought 6. Reconciling Ibn Taymiyya's Legitimization of Violence with His Vision of Universal Salvation, Jon Hoover 7. Moral Violence in the A
kam al-Dhimma of Ibn Qayyim al-JawziyYa, Marie Thérèse Urvoy 8. Al-Karaki, Jihad, the State and Legitimate Violence in Imami Jurisprudence, Robert Gleave Part 3. Violence in Philosophical Thought 9. Legitimate and illegitimate violence in Arabic political philosophy: al-Farabi, Ibn Rushd and Ibn Khaldun, Miklós Maróth 10. Soft and Hard Power in Islamic Advice Literature, Vasileios Syros Part 4. Representing Violence 11. Old Images in New Skins: Flaying in the Iranian Visual Tradition, Iván Szántó 12. Warrant for genocide? Ottoman propaganda against the Qizilbash, Colin Imber Bibliography Index of Qur
anic Citations General Index