Medieval Islamic political thought /
Patricia Crone.
- [New ed.].
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2005.
- xii, 462 pages : genealogical tables ; 24 cm.
- The new Edinburgh Islamic surveys .
- New Edinburgh Islamic surveys. .
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.
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