Law and Politics Under the Abbasids: An Intellectual Portrait of Al-Juwayni

ISBN-13: 9781108496780 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 326 str.

Sohaira Z. M. Siddiqui

Opis

Abu Ma'ali al-Juwayni (d. 478/1085) is a lauded figure in Islamic intellectual history but his thought remains underexplored. Living during a politically precarious period, he became preoccupied with questions of religious certainty and continuity. Siddiqui reveals the dynamism of his thinking on the relationship between theology, law and politics.

Recenzje

'Siddiqui's first monograph is a seminal contribution and a tremendous achievement that serves as an exemplary intellectual biography and sets the standard for interdisciplinary analysis, meticulous research, intellectual coherence, and engaging prose.' Mariam Sheibani, Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Historical Background: 1. Politics, patronage, and scholarship in Nishapur; 2. Al-Juwaynī: life of a scholar; Part II. Epistemology: 3. Intellectual fissures: the Ashʿarīs and the Muʿtazila; 4. The epistemology of al-Juwaynī; Part III. Legal Theory: 5. Certainty in legal sources: Hòadīth; 6. Certainty in legal sources: Ijmāʿ; 7. The rise of legal uncertainty: Qiyās al-Maʿnā; 8. Coping with legal uncertainty: Qiyās al-Shabah; Part IV. Political Thought: 9. The search for continuity: al-Juwaynī's political thought; 10. Continuity, custom, and applied epistemology in al-Juwaynī's political thought; Conclusion.