عنوان

The Dialectic of the Law: Certainty, Continuity and Society in al-Juwaynī

Number

TL47990

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

The Dialectic of the Law: Certainty, Continuity and Society in al-Juwaynī

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Sohaira Zahid Siddiqui

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Ahmad, Ahmad A.

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of California, Santa Barbara

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2014

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

383

Text of Note

Committee members: Campo, Juan; El Omari, Racha

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-35015-9

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Religious Studies

Body granting the degree

University of California, Santa Barbara

Text preceding or following the note

2014

Text of Note

Abū Ma'ali al-Juwaynī was one of the most celebrated jurists and theologians of the 5^th/11^th century and left behind him an extensive oeuvre on topics ranging from the etiquettes of disputation and theology to comparative law and jurisprudence. His scholarly production has thus far not been adequately matched with any comprehensive study that moves beyond an analysis of a singular work. This dissertation aims to fulfill this lacuna by surveying his primary texts to unfurl his scholarly commitments and preoccupations. Through an investigation specifically into al-Juwaynī's Burhan Usul ul-Fiqh and Ghiyāth al-Umam, it becomes clear that al-Juwaynī is continuously balancing between his desire for certainty in both theological and legal matters, and his desire to preserve the future of the believing Muslim community irrespective of social, religious and political flux. al-Juwaynī is able to do this by proposing a new epistemology which affirms the cognitive capabilities of the individual and creates a framework through which the individual can have practical certainty in their affairs even if ontological certainty remains precluded. Once al-Juwaynī establishes this, he is able to argue that regardless of religious and social change external to the individual, the internal knowledge which has become practically certain remains preserved.

Islamic Studies; Middle Eastern Studies

Subject Term

Social sciences;Epistemology;Islamic law;Islamic political thought

Marion, Michele

Ahmad, Ahmad A.

Subdivision

Religious Studies

University of California, Santa Barbara

Call Number

1626386723; 3645701

Electronic name

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[Thesis]

276903

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