power and the sacred in Muslim, Christian and pagan polities /
First Statement of Responsibility
Aziz Al-Azmeh.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
I.B. Tauris,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 296 pages ;
Dimensions
23 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-283) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
pt. 1. Sublime Analogies Pagan and Monotheistic -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Kings and Gods -- Ubiquitous Regalia -- Figures of the Sacred -- 3. Kings in the World -- Royal Cosmography -- Monotheistic Types -- Virtue and Order -- 4. An Interregnum: The Early Muslim Polity -- pt. 2. Muslim Polities -- 5. Writing Power -- A Corpus of Universal Wisdom -- Topics of Power -- Power Islamised -- 6. The Absolutist Imperative -- Power Enunciated -- Power Manifest -- 7. Absolutism Sublime -- The Sacral Caliphate -- Caliphal Kingship -- The Sultanic Shadow of God -- 8. Political Soteriology -- Hierocratic Saviours -- Logocratic Sages?
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OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Muslim kingship.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Church polity.
Islam and politics-- History.
Islam-- Government.
Polity (Religion)
11.09 systematic religious studies: other.
Church polity.
Despotisme-- Histoire.
Het heilige.
Islam and politics.
Islam et politique-- Histoire.
Islam-- Gouvernement.
Islam-- Government.
Islam.
Islamismo y política.
Makt.
Monarki.
Politieke macht.
Politikk.
Polity (Religion)
Pouvoir (sciences sociales)-- Aspect religieux-- Islam.