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In Quest of Justice provides the first full account of the
establishment and workings of a new kind of state in Egypt in the
modern period. Drawing on groundbreaking research in the Egyptian
archives, this highly original book shows how the state affected
those subject to it and their response. Illustrating how shari'a
was actually implemented, how criminal justice functioned, and how
scientific-medical knowledges and practices were introduced, Khaled
Fahmy offers exciting new interpretations that are neither colonial
nor nationalist. Moreover he shows how lower-class Egyptians did
not see modern practices that fused medical and legal purposes in
new ways as contrary to Islam. This is a major contribution to our
understanding of Islam and modernity.
The first encyclopedia of Islamic political thought from the birth
of Islam to today, this comprehensive, authoritative, and
accessible reference provides the context needed for understanding
contemporary politics in the Islamic world and beyond. With more
than 400 alphabetically arranged entries written by an
international team of specialists, the volume focuses on the
origins and evolution of Islamic political ideas and related
subjects, covering central terms, concepts, personalities,
movements, places, and schools of thought across Islamic history.
Fifteen major entries provide a synthetic treatment of key topics,
such as Muhammad, jihad, authority, gender, culture, minorities,
fundamentalism, and pluralism. Incorporating the latest
scholarship, this is an indispensable resource for students,
researchers, journalists, and anyone else seeking an informed
perspective on the complex intersection of Islam and politics. *
Includes more than 400 concise, alphabetically arranged entries *
Features 15 in-depth entries on key topics * Covers topics such as:
* Central themes and sources of Islamic political thought: caliph,
modernity, knowledge, shari'a, government, revival and reform *
Modern concepts, institutions, movements, and parties: civil
society, Islamization, secularism, veil, Muslim Brotherhood *
Islamic law and traditional Islamic societies: justice, taxation,
fatwa, dissent, governance, piety and asceticism, trade and
commerce * Sects, schools, regions, and dynasties: Mu'tazilis,
Shi'ism, Quraysh, Mecca and Medina, Baghdad, Indonesia, Nigeria,
Central Asia, Ottomans * Thinkers, personalities, and statesmen:
Mawardi, Shafi'I, Saladin, Tamerlane, Akbar, Ataturk, Nasser,
Khomeini * Contains seven historical and contemporary maps of
Muslim empires, postcolonial nation-states, populations, and
settlements * Guides readers to further research through
bibliographies, cross-references, and an index
In Quest of Justice provides the first full account of the
establishment and workings of a new kind of state in Egypt in the
modern period. Drawing on groundbreaking research in the Egyptian
archives, this highly original book shows how the state affected
those subject to it and their response. Illustrating how shari'a
was actually implemented, how criminal justice functioned, and how
scientific-medical knowledges and practices were introduced, Khaled
Fahmy offers exciting new interpretations that are neither colonial
nor nationalist. Moreover he shows how lower-class Egyptians did
not see modern practices that fused medical and legal purposes in
new ways as contrary to Islam. This is a major contribution to our
understanding of Islam and modernity.
While previous scholarship has viewed Mehmed Ali Pasha as the
founder of modern Egypt, Khaled Fahmy offers a new interpretation
of his role in the rise of Egyptian nationalism, locating him in
the Ottoman context as an ambitious Ottoman reformer. Basing his
work on previously neglected archival material, the author
demonstrates how Mehmed Ali sought to develop the Egyptian economy
and to build up the army, not as a means of gaining Egyptian
independence from the Ottoman Empire, but to further his own
ambitions for hereditary rule over the province. In its analysis of
nation-building and the construction of state power, the book makes
a significant contribution to the larger theoretical debates. It
will therefore be essential reading for students in the field, as
well as for Ottomanists, military historians and those interested
in the development of the modern nation-state.
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Making Cairo Medieval (Hardcover, New)
Nezar AlSayyad, Irene A Bierman, Nasser Rabbat; Contributions by Heba Farouk Ahmed, Khaled Fahmy, …
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During the nineteenth century, Cairo witnessed one of its most
dramatic periods of transformation. Well on its way to becoming a
modern and cosmopolitan city, by the end of the century, a
'medieval' Cairo had somehow come into being. While many Europeans
in the nineteenth century viewed Cairo as a fundamentally dual
city--physically and psychically split between East/West and
modern/medieval--the contributors to the provocative collection
demonstrate that, in fact, this process of inscription was the
result of restoration practices, museology, and tourism initiated
by colonial occupiers. The first edited volume to address
nineteenth-century Cairo both in terms of its history and the
perception of its achievements, this book will be an essential text
for courses in architectural and art history dealing with the
Islamic world.
Khaled Fahmy offers a new interpretation of modern Egyptian history and the rise of Egyptian nationalism in a theoretically informed study. Basing his work on previously neglected archival material, the author demonstrates how Mehmed Ali built up the Egyptian army to further his own ambitions rather than as a means of gaining Egyptian independence. In this way, the book challenges traditionally held views about early nineteenth-century Egypt and the role of Mehmed Ali as the founder of modern Egypt. The book will be essential reading for students of the Middle East, Ottomanists, military historians and those interested in the construction of the modern nation state.
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