Islam and Good Governance

A Political Philosophy of Ihsan

M. A. Muqtedar Khan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

278 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-55718-6 (ISBN)

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This book advances an Islamic political philosophy based on the concept of Ihsan, which means to do beautiful things. The author moves beyond the dominant model of Islamic governance advanced by modern day Islamists. The political philosophy of Ihsan privileges process over structure, deeds over identity, love over law and mercy and forgiveness over retribution. The work invites Muslims to move away from thinking about the form of Islamic government and to strive to create a self-critical society that defends national virtue and generates institutions and practices that provide good governance.

M. A. Muqtedar Khan is Professor at the University of Delaware, USA. He is a scholar of Islamic Thought, Governance and International Relations.

1. Chapter 1 Introduction: The Quest for a Political Philosophy of Ihsan.- 2. Chapter 2 Loss of Ihsan.- 3. Chapter 3 Islam as Identity: After a Century of Islamic Revivalism.- 4. Chapter 4 Ihsan: Classical and Contemporary Understanding.- 5. Chapter 5 Unveiling Ihsan: From Cosmic View to Worldview.- 6. Chapter 6 Islamic Political Philosophy: A Critical Genealogy.- 7. Chapter 7 Ihsan and Good Governance.- 8. Chapter 8 Closing Thoughts

“This book is a feat in interdisciplinary scholarship for coming up with an alternative paradigm for Islamic political philosophy by its reconstruction of the concept of Ihsan.” (Owais Manzoor Dar, Arab Law Quarterly, Vol. 36, 2022)

Erscheinungsdatum	24.04.2019
Zusatzinfo	82 Illustrations, black and white; XXI, 278 p. 82 illus.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
Schlagworte	Governance • ihsan • Islam • Islamic government • Islamic Law • Islamic Thought • Philosophy • Political Philosophy • Politics
ISBN-10	1-137-55718-4 / 1137557184
ISBN-13	978-1-137-55718-6 / 9781137557186
Zustand	Neuware