From Kavād to al-Ghazālī : religion, law, and political thought in the Near East, c.600-c.1100 /: religion, law, and political thought in the Near East, c.600-c.1100. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Patricia Crone.
• Other Names: Crone, Patricia, 1945-2015
• Contents: Preface. The Non-Islamic Near East: Kavad's heresy and Mazdak's revolt; Zoroastrian communism; Islam, Judeo-Christianity and Byzantine Iconoclasm. Law: Jahili and Jewish law: the qasama; Two legal problems bearing on the early history of the Qur'an; Weber, Islamic law, and the rise of capitalism. Political Thought: Shura as an elective institution; 'Even an Ethiopian slave': the transformation of a Sunni tradition; A statement by the Najdiyya Kharijites on the dispensability of the imamate; Ninth-century Muslim anarchists; The Kharijites and the caliphal title; Did al-Ghazali write a mirror for princes?. Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (366 pages)
• Subjects: 320/.01; Religion and politics -- Middle East; Law -- Middle East; Law; Religion and politics; Politik; Religion; Recht; Islam; Middle East; Middle East; Naher Osten
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000385533; 1000385531
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