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Civilizations, or rather narratives about civilizations, matter,
not only as research subjects in textbooks, literary and scientific
essays, but also in politics. This seems to be the case in
"civilizational states" such as China, Russia, Turkey and Syria.
Also in Western countries, in recent decades, the notion of
civilization has often been used in public discourse: political
parties and leaders have referred in particular to the need to
protect Western civilization, calling in this regard for policies
to restrict immigration from Muslim countries. In 2022 the
narrative on civilization was used to legitimize the Russian
invasion of Ukraine. The studies in this collected volume
reconstruct how civilizational paradigms and narratives have been
used to explain political relations, to define the global order, to
justify attempts to gain hegemony over particular geopolitical
areas, and to make predictions on global developments in specific
times of crisis. In particular, this book analyzes the concepts of
civilization as they have been used in the intellectual and
political discourse in periods particularly critical for global
relations and for the consolidation or contestation of the West's
dominant role in international, national politics and academic
discourse.
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Islamic Political Theology (Hardcover)
Massimo Campanini, Marco Di Donato; Contributions by Catarina Belo, Leonardo Capezzone, Massimo Campanini, …
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Can we affirm that a political theology exists in Islam? This
apparently simple question is the core of Massimo Capanini and
Marco Di Donato's edited collection of essays. Considering the wide
range of meanings of political theology this book contains essays
written by different authors having their own, specific, and
specialized, point of view on the topics, from Shia and Sunni
political thought, to Islamic classic philosophy, and philosophers
until arriving at contemporary Muslim thinkers.
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