Reason, Revelation and Law in Islamic and Western Theory and History
Editors: Weller, R. Charles, Emon, Anver (Eds.)
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- Provides focused studies of key figures and theories in manageable, accessible format
- Takes a distinctively comparative approach
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- About this book
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This book engages the diverse meanings and interpretations of Islamic and Western law which have affected people and societies across the globe, past and present, in correlation to the epistemological groundings of those meanings and interpretations. The volume takes a distinctively comparative approach, advancing dialogue on crucial transnational and global debates over the history of Western and Islamic approaches to law, politics and society and their relevance for today. It discusses how fundamental concepts are understood and even translated from one historical or political context or one semantic domain to another. The book provides focused studies of key figures and theories in a manageable, accessible format useful for specialized academic courses and research as well as general audiences.
- About the authors
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R. Charles Weller, Associate Professor of History (Career-Track), Washington State University, and Senior Research Fellow, Department of Religion and Culture, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Anver Emon, Professor of Law and History; Canada Research Chair in Religion, Pluralism and the Rule of Law; Director, Institute of Islamic Studies, University of Toronto, Canada
- Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Introduction: Reason, Revelation, and Law in Global Historical Perspective
Pages 1-24
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The Historical Relation of Islamic and Western Law
Pages 25-43
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Through the Lens of the Qur’anic Covenant: Theories of Natural Law and Social Contract in al-Ṭabarī’s Exegesis and History
Pages 45-81
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Al-Ghazali’s Ethics and Natural Law Theory
Pages 83-99
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Elitist Democracy and Epistemic Equality: Aristotle and Ibn Rushd on the Role of Common Beliefs
Pages 101-121
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Reason, Revelation and Law in Islamic and Western Theory and History
- Editors
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- R. Charles Weller
- Anver Emon
- Series Title
- Islam and Global Studies
- Copyright
- 2021
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-981-15-6245-7
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-981-15-6245-7
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-981-15-6244-0
- Series ISSN
- 2524-7328
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 174
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