prophetic voices and secular politics in medieval islam /
First Statement of Responsibility
Neguin Yavari
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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vii, 197 pages ;
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23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-176) and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Introduction -- The political lexicon of advice literature -- Metaphysics of good rule in the Kalila wa Dimna -- Secrets and veils as narrative strategies in advice literature -- Reason, the wheel of fortune and the 'Advent' of secular political thought -- Alterity and advice -- Words of counsel and lives of counsellors -- On mirrors and contexts