Violence in Islamic Thought from the Mongols to European Imperialism /

Violence in Islamic Thought from the Mongols to European Imperialism / / Robert Gleave, István Kristó-Nagy.

Examines the development of Muslim theological, legal, literary and cultural discussions about violence and its legitimationThe violent conquest of the eastern part of the lands under Muslim rule by the Mongols marked a new period in the history of Islamic civilisation and in attitudes towards viole...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
VerfasserIn:
Gleave, Robert,
Kristó-Nagy, István,
MitwirkendeR:
Biran, Michal,
Gleave, Robert,
Hoover, Jon,
Imber, Colin,
Kristó-Nagy, István T.,
Manz, Beatrice Forbes,
Maróth, Miklós,
May, Timothy,
Syros, Vasileios,
Szántó, Iván,
Urvoy, Marie Thérèse,
Vásáry, István,
Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2018
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Legitimate and Illegitimate Violence in Islamic Thought : LIVIT
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 5 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • DATES AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • FIGURES
  • 1. INTRODUCTION
  • Part I THE MONGOLS AND THEIR AFTERMATH
  • 2. VIOLENCE AND NON-VIOLENCE IN THE MONGOL CONQUEST OF BAGHDAD (1258)
  • 3. THE MONGOLS AS THE SCOURGE OF GOD IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
  • 4. YĀSĀ AND SHARĪ‘A. ISLAMIC ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE MONGOL LAW IN THE TURCO-MONGOLIAN WORLD (FROM THE GOLDEN HORDE TO TIMUR’S TIME)
  • 5. UNACCEPTABLE VIOLENCE AS LEGITIMATION IN MONGOL AND TIMURID IRAN
  • PART II VIOLENCE IN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
  • 6. RECONCILING IBN TAYMIYYA’S LEGITIMISATION OF VIOLENCE WITH HIS VISION OF UNIVERSAL SALVATION
  • 7. MORAL VIOLENCE IN AḤKĀM AHL AL-DHIMMA BY IBN QAYYIM AL-JAWZIYYA
  • 8. AL-KARAKĪ, JIHĀD, THE STATE AND LEGITIMATE VIOLENCE IN IMĀMĪ JURISPRUDENCE
  • PART III VIOLENCE IN PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT
  • 9. LEGITIMATE AND ILLEGITIMATE VIOLENCE IN ARABIC POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY: AL-FĀRĀBĪ, IBN RUSHD AND IBN KHALDŪN
  • 10. ‘SOFT’ AND ‘HARD’ POWER IN ISLAMIC POLITICAL ADVICE LITERATURE
  • PART IV REPRESENTING VIOLENCE
  • 11. OLD IMAGES IN NEW SKINS: FLAYING IN THE IRANIAN VISUAL TRADITION
  • 12. WARRANT FOR GENOCIDE? OTTOMAN PROPAGANDA AGAINST THE QIZILBASH
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX

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