Mirror for the Muslim Prince :

Mirror for the Muslim Prince : Islam and the Theory of Statecraft / edited by Mehrzad Boroujerdi. - First edition. - 1 online resource (xvii, 465 pages). - Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East . - Modern intellectual and political history of the Middle East. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-448) and index.

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""A Note on the Text""; ""Contributors""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Maslahah as a Political Concept""; ""3 On Sadi�s Treatise on Advice to the Kings""; ""4 Perso-Islamicate Political Ethic in Relation to the Sources of Islamic Law""; ""5 An Anomaly in the History of Persian Political Thought""; ""6 Teaching Wisdom""; ""7 A Muslim State in a Non-Muslim Context""; ""8 Al-Tahtawi�s Trip to Paris in Light of Recent Historical Analysis""; ""9 Law and the Common Good""; ""10 What Do Egypt�s Islamists Want?""; ""11 The Body Corporate and the Social Body"" ""12 Cosmopolitanism Past and Present, Muslim and Western""""13 God�s Caravan""; ""Works Cited""; ""Index""


Text in English.

9780815650850 081565085X

22573/ctt1hz93vz JSTOR


Islamic countries--Politics and government.
Islamic law--Political aspects.
Islam and state--History.
Islam and state--History.
Islamic countries--Politics and government.
Islamic law--Political aspects.
RELIGION--Islam--General.
HISTORY / Middle East / General


Electronic books.

BP173.6 / .M57 2013eb

297.2/72