Violence in Islamic Thought from the Qur'an to the Mongols (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Gleave, Robert; Kristo-Nagy, Istvan

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examines how violence was described and evaluated in the foundational texts of Islam

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How was violence justified in early Islam? What role did violent actions play in the formation and maintenance of the Muslim political order? How did Muslim thinkers view the origins and acceptability of violence? These questions are addressed by an international range of eminent authors through both general accounts of types of violence and detailed case studies of violent acts drawn from the early Islamic sources. Violence is understood widely, to include jihad, state repressions and rebellions, and also more personally directed violence against victims (women, animals, children, slaves) and criminals. By understanding the early development of Muslim thinking around violence, our comprehension of subsequent trends in Islamic thought, during the medieval period and up to the modern day, become clearer.

Key Features

• Examines the portrayal of violence in a variety of different intellectual contexts
• Takes a broad understanding of violence - from warfare between Muslims (and between Muslims and others) to individual acts of violence
• Enables a better informed debate about the nature of violence in early Islam
• Includes contributions from leading international experts including Michael Cooperson, Maribel Fierro, Geert Jan van Gelder, Christopher Melchert, John Nawas, Andrew Rippin and Dominique Urvoy

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474403450
• Artikelnr.: 56904510

Autorenporträt

Robert Gleave is Professor of Arabic Studies at the University of Exeter. His most recent book is Violence in Islamic Thought from European Imperialism to the Post-Colonial Era (EUP, 2021), co-authored with Mustafa Baig. István Kristó-Nagy is a Lecturer in Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Exeter. He is the author of La pensée d'Ibn al-Muqaffaʽ (2013).