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.
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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