Overview
- Offers an intellectual analysis of leading Shi’i thinker and community leader Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din
- Analyzes the political thought of Shams al-Din mainly surrounding the issue of government and governmental authority
- Examines mistrust between the Shi‘i populations, Arab governments, and the larger non-Shi‘i populations
Part of the book series: Middle East Today (MIET)
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About this book
This book offers an intellectual history of one of the leading Shi’i thinkers and religious leaders of the 20th-century in Lebanon, Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din. The author examines his role as the foremost figure of Shi’i intellectual life, a key associate of Musa al-Sadr, and president of the Islamic Shi‘i Supreme Council of Lebanon, having maintained the independence of this institution until his death from the domination of Shi‘i political parties. The core of the book consists of three interrelated main themes that constitute the major threads of Shams al-Din’s intellectual legacy: a discussion of Islamic government involving a critique of Khomeini’s theory of wilāyat al-faqīh, the role of Islam within civil government, and the necessity for political integration of the Shi‘a in their Arab nation-states to protect them from policies that raise doubts over their political allegiance to their respective countries. The project will appeal to scholars, students, academics, and researchers in Middle Eastern politics and history.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Political Thought in Contemporary Shi‘a Islam
Book Subtitle: Muhammad Mahdi Shams al-Din
Authors: Farah W. Kawtharani
Series Title: Middle East Today
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28057-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28056-7Published: 20 November 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-28059-8Published: 20 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-28057-4Published: 11 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2945-7017
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7025
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 241
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Middle Eastern Politics, Political Theory, Governance and Government, Politics and Religion, Political Leadership