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Ethics in Islam: Friendship in the Political Thought of Al-Tawhidi and his Contemporaries book cover

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Ethics in Islam Friendship in the Political Thought of Al-Tawhidi and his Contemporaries

By Nuha Al-Shaar Copyright 2015
268 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge
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Offering a new reading of Islamic ethical and political thought in the Būyid period (334-440/946-1048), this book focuses particularly on the philosopher Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī who lived in Baghdad and what is now western Iran. Ethics in Islam provides the first major treatment of al-Tawhīdī's ethics, political thought, and social idealism, investigating the complex influences that... Read more
1 Ethics and the Buyid Social Imaginary 2 Knowledge-Based and Court-Based Groups and Ethical Discussions in Fourth-Century Scholarly Circles 3 Al-Taw idi and the Formation of his Ethical Thought and his Sense of the Self 4 Al-Taw idi’s al-adaqa wa al-adiq 5 Adaqa (friendship) and the Social Imaginary Conclusion

Biography

Nuha A. Alshaar teaches at the American University of Sharjah, and is a research associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London. She specialises in the historical development of Islamic ethical thought and adab. She co-edited Sources and Approaches across Near Eastern Disciplines (2013) with Verena Klemm.

This is an important book, and it is an excellent one: closely argued, meticulously documented, and very well written. It not only brings al-Tawhidi more sharply into focus by clearing away the many misconceptions that have obscured his reputation. It also brings his thought alive. It shows how intricately interwoven his ethical propositions were with those of his contemporaries, notwithstanding their frequent, and substantial, differences. - Review by Eric Ormsby, Freie Universitat Berlin; Philosophy East & West Volume 67, Number 2 April 2017 602–605

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