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Title: The West and Islam
Condition: New
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 0199533202
EAN: 9780199533206
ISBN: 9780199533206
Author: Antony Black
Type: Political Science & Ideology
Subtitle: Religion and Political Thought in World History
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: 17/01/2008
Description: This comparative history of political thought examines what the Western and Islamic approaches to politics had in common and where they diverged. The book considers how various ancient and medieval thought-patterns did or did not lead to modern developments; and how sacred monarchy, the legitimacy of the state, and the role of the people were looked upon in each culture. The author focuses on the period from the rise of Islam to the European Reformation, but his analysis extends to the main genres of political thought up to the present. He argues that until the mid-eleventh century, Europe, Islam, and the Byzantine world had more in common than is commonly thought. What made the West different was the papal revolution of the late eleventh century, Europe's twelfth-century 'renaissance', and the gradual secularization of political thought which followed. At the same time, Islam, after an early blossoming, interpreted its own revelation more and more narrowly. This volume 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 are so different.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 240mm
Item Length: 160mm
Item Width: 20mm
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Law & Politics, Society & Culture
Item Weight: 467g
Release Year: 2008

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