Political Thought in the Mamluk Period: The Unnecessary Caliphate
Political Thought in the Mamluk Period: The Unnecessary Caliphate by Mohamad El-Merheb
English | Feb 3, 2022 | ISBN: 1474479642 | 224 pages | PDF + EPUB | 15 + 0,4 MB
English | Feb 3, 2022 | ISBN: 1474479642 | 224 pages | PDF + EPUB | 15 + 0,4 MB
Political Thought in the Mamluk Period covers the political thought produced by legal theorists, jurists, judges and administrators of the late Ayyubid and early Mamluk period as they tackled a central question: how best to govern their communities. It proposes a taxonomy of the main themes and concerns of this political thought under the three ideals of the rule of law, limited government and legitimate delegation of power. Further, it recommends a contextualist approach for interpreting Islamic political texts based on their narrow social, intellectual and political contexts.