The West and Islam : Religion and Political Thought in World History.
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 ap...
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2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Religion and politics : the West, Islam, Byzantium
- Legitimacy : the Caliphate and the state
- Society : tribe, commune, and nation
- Regimes : Europe, Islam, and Byzantium
- Practical politics
- Approaches to political thought
- Changes in religion and politics
- The origins of Western political thought
- Epilogue : The West, Islam, Russia
- Appendix : Marsilius and Ibn Rushd.
