prophetic voices and secular politics in medieval Islam
First Statement of Responsibility
Neguin Yavari.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2014]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vii, 197 p.
Dimensions
23 cm.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
English
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-176) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
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OTHER VARIANT TITLES
Variant Title
Prophetic voices and secular politics in medieval Islam
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Entry Element
Islam and politics
Topical Subdivision
History
Chronological Subdivision
To 1500.
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
BP231
Book number
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Y37
2014
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Entry Element
Yavari
Part of Name Other than Entry Element
, Neguin
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Country
Iran
Agency
University of Tehran. Central library and documentration center