Violence in Islamic thought from the Mongols to European imperialism

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 bot...

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1. Verfasser: Gleave, Robert (HerausgeberIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Kristó Nagy, István (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press 2018
Schriftenreihe:Legitimate and Illegitimate violence in Islamic thought Volume 2
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:vii, 240 Seiten
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ISBN:9781474413008
978-1-4744-1300-8
1474413005
1-4744-1300-5