The Caliphate or Supreme Imamate = Al-Khilafah aw al-Imamah al-ʻUzma / Muhammad Rashid Rida ; translated and introduced by Simon A Wood.

Author/creator Muḥammad Rashīd Riḍā author.
Other author Wood, Simon A. translator, writer of introduction.
Format Book
PublicationNew Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2024]
Copyright Date©2024
Descriptionxii, 271 pages ; 25 cm.
Subjects

Uniform titleal-Khilāfah aw al-imāmah al-ʻuẓmá. English.
Parallel title Al-Khilafah aw al-Imamah al-ʻUzma
SeriesWorld thought in translation
World thought in translation. ^A1348597
Abstract A translation of Muhammad Rashid Rida’s best-known work, which examines the compatibility of Islamic political and legal tradition with modern thought. Muhammad Rashid Rida (1865–1935) was a prominent Muslim intellectual and reformer. Born in a village near Tripoli in present-day Lebanon, he was renowned for his founding of Al-Manar, an independent and successful Islamic magazine in which he published The Caliphate or Supreme Imamate as a series beginning in 1922. The work showcased Rida’s faith in the Islamic tradition as the origin of notions such as self-determination and popular sovereignty, as well as his opposition to Western politics. A realist, he nevertheless argued that a revived Caliphate was viable and held the keys to Muslim empowerment and universal salvation. This skillful translation by Simon A. Wood will make The Caliphate or Supreme Imamate accessible for the first time to English-speaking scholars and students of political theory and the modern Middle East. -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageText in English translated from Arabic.
LCCN 2023947975
ISBN9780300187298 (hardcover: alk. paper)
ISBN0300187297 (hardcover: alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BP166.9 .M8413 2024 ✔ Available Place Hold