1st Edition
Authority in Islam From the Rise of Muhammad to the Establishment of the Umayyads
By Hamid Dabashi
Copyright 1989
196 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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From the origins of Muhammad's prophetic movement through the development of Islam's principal branches to the establishment of the Umayyad dynasty, the concept of authority has been central to Islamic civilization. By examining the nature, organization, and transformation of authority over time, Dabashi conveys both continuities and disruptions inherent in the development of a new political... Read more
1: Battle of the Old and the Charismatic; 2: Traditional Arab Authority: An Established Order; 3: Muhammad’s Charismatic Authority: Towards an Equivalent Islam Typology; 4: Establishment of Muhammad’s Charismatic Authority: Emergence of a New Order; 5: The Foundations of Sunnite Authority: The Routinization of Charisma; 6: The Foundations of Shi c ite Authority: The Perpetuation of Charisma; 7: The Foundations of Kharijite Authority: The Dissemination of Charisma; 8: The Charismatic Revolution as a Reconstitution of a Moral Demand System and an Originator of New Paradigmatic Patterns of Authority
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Hamid Dabashi
