Violence in Islamic thought from the Qur'ān to the Mongols / / edited by Robert Gleave and István T. Kristó-Nagy [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810838003321
• Autore: Gleave Robert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-4744-1793-0; 1-4744-1229-7; 1-78539-544-0; 0-7486-9424-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Legitimate and illegitimate violence in Islamic thought ; ; volume 1
• Disciplina: 939.4/956
• Soggetti: Violence - Religious aspects - Islam; Islam and politics; Islamic fundamentalism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Copyright; Contents; Dates and Abbreviations ; Figures and Tables ; Chapter 1 Introduction; PART I JIHAD AND CONQUEST: ATTITUDES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE EXTERNAL ENEMIES OF THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY; Chapter 2 The Question of Divine Help in the Jihad ; Chapter 3 Reading The Qurʼan on Jihad: Two Early Exegetical Texts ; Chapter 4 Ibn Al-Mubarak's Kitab Al-Jihad and Early Rununciant Literature ; Chapter 5 Shaping Memory of the Conquests: The Case of Tustar; PART II THE CHALLENGED ESTABLISHMENT: ATTITUDES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THE STATE AND IN ITS DEFENCE WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
• Sommario/riassunto: Examines how violence was described and evaluated in the foundational texts of Islam. How was violence justified in early Islam? What role did violent actions play in the formation and maintenance of the Muslim political order? How did Muslim thinkers view the origins and acceptability of violence? These questions are addressed by an international range of eminent authors through both general accounts of types of violence and detailed case studies of violent acts drawn from the early Islamic sources. Violence is understood widely, to ; include jihad, state repressions and rebellions, and also more personally directed violence against victims (women, animals, children, slaves) and criminals. By understanding the early development of Muslim thinking around violence, our comprehension of subsequent trends in Islamic thought, during the medieval period and up to the modern day, become clearer.Key Features: Examines the portrayal of violence in a variety of different intellectual contexts * Takes a broad understanding of violence - from warfare between Muslims (and between Muslims and others) to individual acts of violence * Enables a better informed debate about the nature of violence in early Islam * Includes contributions from leading international experts including Michael Cooperson, Maribel Fierro, Geert Jan van Gelder, Christopher Melchert, John Nawas, Andrew Rippin and Dominique Urvoy