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In this volume, a group of distinguished scholars reinterpret concepts and canons of Islamic thought in Arab, Persian, South Asian, and Turkish traditions. They demonstrate that there is no unitary "Islamic" position on important issues of statecraft and governance. They recognize that Islam is a discursive site marked by silences, agreements, and animated controversies. Rigorous debates and profound disagreements among Muslim theologians, philosophers, and literati have taken place over such questions as: What is an Islamic state? Was the state ever viewed as an independent political institution in the Islamic tradition of political thought? Is it possible that a religion that places an inordinate emphasis upon the importance of good deeds does not indeed have a vigorous notion of "public interest" or a systematic theory of government? Does Islam provide an edifice, a common idiom, and an ideological mooring for premodern and modern Muslim rulers alike? The nuanced reading of the Islamic traditions provided in this book will help future generations of Muslims contemplate a more humane style of statecraft.

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  1. Cover, Front Flap
  2. pp. 1-2
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  1. Title Page, Series Page, Copyright, Dedication, Quote
  2. pp. 3-10
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. A Note on the Text
  2. pp. xiii-xiv
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. xv-xviii
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  1. 1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-15
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  1. 2. Maslahah as a Political Concept
  2. pp. 16-44
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  1. 3. On Sadi’s Treatise on Advice to the Kings
  2. pp. 45-81
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  1. 4. Perso-Islamicate Political Ethic in Relation to the Sources of Islamic Law
  2. pp. 82-106
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  1. 5. An Anomaly in the History of Persian Political Thought
  2. pp. 107-121
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  1. 6. Teaching Wisdom: A Persian Work of Advice for Atabeg Ahmad of Luristan
  2. pp. 122-159
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  1. 7. A Muslim State in a Non-Muslim Context: The Mughal Case
  2. pp. 160-189
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  1. 8. Al-Tahtawi’s Trip to Paris in Light of Recent Historical Analysis: Travel Literature or a Mirror for Princes?
  2. pp. 190-217
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  1. 9. Law and the Common Good: To Bring about a Virtuous City or Preserve the Old Order?
  2. pp. 218-239
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  1. 10. What Do Egypt’s Islamists Want? Moderate Islam and the Rise of Islamic Constitutionalism in Mubarak’s Egypt
  2. pp. 240-278
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  1. 11. The Body Corporate and the Social Body
  2. pp. 279-296
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  1. 12. Cosmopolitanism Past and Present, Muslim and Western
  2. pp. 297-325
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  1. 13. God’s Caravan: Topoi and Schemata in the History of Muslim Political Thought
  2. pp. 326-400
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  1. Works Cited
  2. pp. 401-448
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 449-466
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  1. Back Flap, Back Cover
  2. pp. 489-490
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