A religion, not a state [[electronic resource] ] : Ali Abd al-Raziq's Islamic justification of political secularism / / Souad Tagelsir Ali

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458351003321
• Autore: Ali Souad T
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Salt Lake City, Utah, : University of Utah Press, c2009
• ISBN: 1-60781-951-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 297.2/72
• Soggetti: Islam and politics; Islam and secularism; Caliphate; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Background and overview -- Classical juristic theories of the caliphate : from idealism to accommodationism -- The caliphate in the colonial era -- Ali Abd al-Raziq's intellectual formation and his place among the disciples of Muhammad Abduh -- The central message -- The ruling system in the time of the prophet -- Critiques of Abd al-Raziq's position -- The implications of Abd al-Raziq's study for the debate over Islam and politics.

The Soviet social contract and why it failed : welfare policy and workers' politics from Brezhnev to Yeltsin / Linda J. Cook

• Record Nr.: UNIORUON00191558
• Autore: COOK, Linda J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge ( (Mas), : Harvard University Press, 1993. 272 p. ; 24 cm.
• ISBN: 06-7482-800-3
• Disciplina: 331.10947
• Soggetti: UNIONE SOVIETICA - CONDIZIONI ECONOMICHE E SOCIALI - 1947-1990
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia