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Medieval Islamic political thought / Patricia Crone.

By: Crone, Patricia, 1945-2015Material type: TextTextSeries: New Edinburgh Islamic surveysPublication details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2005. Edition: [New ed.]Description: xii, 462 pages : genealogical tables ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0748621946; 9780748621941Subject(s): To 1500 | Islam and politics -- History -- To 1500 | Political culture -- Islamic countries -- History -- To 1500 | Political science -- Islamic countries -- History -- To 1500 | Islam and politics | Political culture | Political science | Islam and politics -- History | Political culture -- Islamic countries -- History | Political science -- Islamic countries -- History | Islamic countriesGenre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 306.20917670902 LOC classification: DS38.2 | .C76 2005
Contents:
I. The beginnings -- The origins of government -- The first civil war and sect formation -- The Umayyads -- -- II. The waning of the tribal tradition, c. 700-900 -- Introduction -- The Kharijites -- The Mu'tazilites -- The Shi'tes of the Umayyad period -- The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism -- The Zaydis -- The Imamis -- The Hadith party -- -- III. Coping with a fragmented world -- Introduction -- The Persian tradition and advice literature -- The Greek tradition and "Political science" -- The Ismailis -- The Sunnis -- -- IV. Government and society -- The nature of government -- The functions of government -- Visions of freedom -- The social order -- Muslims and non-Muslims -- Epilogue: religion, government, and society revisited.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I. The beginnings -- The origins of government -- The first civil war and sect formation -- The Umayyads -- -- II. The waning of the tribal tradition, c. 700-900 -- Introduction -- The Kharijites -- The Mu'tazilites -- The Shi'tes of the Umayyad period -- The 'Abbasids and Shi'ism -- The Zaydis -- The Imamis -- The Hadith party -- -- III. Coping with a fragmented world -- Introduction -- The Persian tradition and advice literature -- The Greek tradition and "Political science" -- The Ismailis -- The Sunnis -- -- IV. Government and society -- The nature of government -- The functions of government -- Visions of freedom -- The social order -- Muslims and non-Muslims -- Epilogue: religion, government, and society revisited.