Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan

ISBN-13: 9781349718146 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 278 str.

M. A. Muqtedar Khan

Opis

This book advances an Islamic political philosophy based on the concept of Ihsan, which means to do beautiful things. The author moves beyond the dominant model of Islamic governance advanced by modern day Islamists. The political philosophy of Ihsan privileges process over structure, deeds over identity, love over law and mercy and forgiveness over retribution. The work invites Muslims to move away from thinking about the form of Islamic government and to strive to create a self-critical society that defends national virtue and generates institutions and practices that provide good governance.

Recenzje

"This book is a feat in interdisciplinary scholarship for coming up with an alternative paradigm for Islamic political philosophy by its reconstruction of the concept of Ihsan." (Owais Manzoor Dar, Arab Law Quarterly, Vol. 36, 2022)

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Quest for a Political Philosophy of Ihsan

Chapter 2 Loss of Ihsan 

Chapter 3 Islam as Identity: After a Century of Islamic Revivalism

Chapter 4 Ihsan: Classical and Contemporary Understanding

Chapter 5 Unveiling Ihsan: From Cosmic View to Worldview

Chapter 6 Islamic Political Philosophy: A Critical Genealogy  

Chapter 7 Ihsan and Good Governance 

Chapter 8 Closing Thoughts 

O autorze

M. A. Muqtedar Khan is Professor at the University of Delaware, USA. He is a scholar of Islamic Thought, Governance and International Relations.

Blurb

This book advances an Islamic political philosophy based on the concept of Ihsan, which means to do beautiful things. The author moves beyond the dominant model of Islamic governance advanced by modern day Islamists. The political philosophy of Ihsan privileges process over structure, deeds over identity, love over law and mercy and forgiveness over retribution. The work invites Muslims to move away from thinking about the form of Islamic government and to strive to create a self-critical society that defends national virtue and generates institutions and practices that provide good governance. 

M. A. Muqtedar Khan is Professor at the University of Delaware, USA. He is a scholar of Islamic Thought, Governance and International Relations.