Islamic Political Thought.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- CHAPTER ONE. The Islamic State under Muḥammad -- 1. Muḥammad's political achievements -- 2. The Constitution pf Medina -- 3. The pre-Islamic tribe and the Medinan state -- 4. The nature of the community -- 5. The Jihād or 'holy war' -- CHAPTER TWO. Muḥammad as Head of State -- 1. Muḥammad's position under the Constitution -- 2. Muḥammad's position in the later Medinan period -- 3. The political relevance of religion -- CHAPTER THREE. The Early Caliphate -- 1. The situation of Muḥammad's death -- 2. The succession to the caliphate -- 3. The nature of the caliphate -- 4. The first appearance of Shī'ite ideas -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Organization of Empire -- 1. The Muslims as a military élite -- 2. The 'protected minorities' -- 3. Provincial administration -- CHAPTER FIVE. Membership of the Community -- 1. The Khārijite movement -- 2. The wider community of true believers -- 3. The conditions of membership of the community -- CHAPTER SIX. The Religious Institution -- 1. The formation of the religious institution -- 2. The formation of the Islamic world-view -- 3. The relgious institutions and rulers -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Form of the Political Struggle -- 1. The Persian imperial tradition -- 2. The power struggle under the first 'Abbāsids -- 3. The intellectual form of the struggle -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Community as Bearer of Values -- 1. The nature and purpose of the community -- 2. Ideals and laws -- 3. The community and the individual -- CHAPTER NINE. War-lords and Political Theorists -- 1. The emergence of the war-lords -- 2. The political theorists -- Appended note: A preliminary list of political theorists -- 3. The calipharw after 1258 -- CHAPTER TEN. The Development of Shī'ite Islam -- 1. 'Moderate' Shī'ism and the Imāmite party -- 2. Revolutionary of 'Sevener' Shī'ism -- 3. Zaydite Shī'ism.

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Epilogue: Islam in Contemporary Politics -- 1. Islam and occidental political ideas -- a) Nationalism -- b) Democracy, totalitarianism and socialism -- 2. Actualizing possibilites of adaptation -- APPENDIX: The Constitution of Medina -- NOTES -- INDEX.

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