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Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought - The Taymiyyan Moment (Paperback)
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Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought - The Taymiyyan Moment (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
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This revisionist account of the history of Islamic political
thought from the early to the late medieval period focuses on Ibn
Taymiyya, one of the most brilliant theologians of his day. This
original study demonstrates how his influence shed new light on the
entire trajectory of Islamic political thought. Although he did not
reject the Caliphate ideal, as is commonly believed, he
nevertheless radically redefined it by turning it into a rational
political institution intended to serve the community (umma).
Through creative reinterpretation, he deployed the Qur'anic concept
of fitra (divinely endowed human nature) to centre the community of
believers and its common-sense reading of revelation as the highest
epistemic authority. In this way, he subverted the elitism that had
become ensconced in classical theological, legal and spiritual
doctrines, and tried to revive the ethico-political, rather than
strictly legal, dimension of Islam. In reassessing Ibn Taymiyya's
work, this book marks a major departure from traditional
interpretations of medieval Islamic thought.
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