Comparing Western and Islamic Political Thought: Religion and Political Thought in World History

Oxford University Press UK (2008)
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This ambitious volume compares the development of Western and Islamic political thought. Exploring how the two traditions have both converged and diverged over time, the volume throws light on why the West and Islam each developed their own particular kind of approach to government, politics and the state, and why these are so different today.

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9780199533206   0199533202

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Approaches to Political Thought

Despite their shared Abrahamic and Platonic legacies, Europe and Islam developed markedly different approaches to theology, philosophy, and political theory. Muslim philosophers used Plato and Aristotle to provide a rational understanding of the caliphate and the Shari'a. Even this attempt... see more

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