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Islam as Power - Shi'i Revivalism in the Oeuvre of Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (Hardcover)
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Islam as Power - Shi'i Revivalism in the Oeuvre of Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government
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Providing an in-depth and extensive analysis of the concept of
power as articulated by Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah (1935-2010), this
case study analyses the systemic conceptualisation of power and his
argumentation of sacralising Islamised power. The volume also
offers a quick overview of how the concept was understood and
articulated by other Shi'ite jurists such as Ayatollah Khomeini.
Examining Fadlallah's oeuvre, in particular his seminal book Islam
and the Logic of Power [ al-Islam wa-mantiq al-quwwa ], this book
focuses on the narrative itself, which played a central role in the
radical transformation that occurred in the Shi'te concept of
empowerment and its recognition as a necessity. The analysis of
Fadlallah's conceptualisation and argumentation illustrates the
mechanism of sacralising righteous power as well as the means of
gaining it. Fadlallah reinterpreted Shi'sm as a project of
empowerment to initiate and sustain an "impulse of power" amongst
the Lebanese Shi'tes in the most critical moment of modern Lebanese
history. Dealing with the concept of power in Shi'te political
thought from a theoretical perspective, the study has an innovative
approach that offers an insight into how the transformative
narrative is constructed and what makes it convincing. Shedding
light on the content and logical structure of Fadlallah's
argumentation, this volume will be of interest to scholars and
students researching contemporary politics, Islam, and the Middle
East.
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