LEADER 04193oam 2200697I 450 001 9910779434803321 005 20230124183858.0 010 $a1-136-22017-8 010 $a0-203-09685-1 010 $a1-283-87176-9 010 $a1-136-22018-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203096857 035 $a(CKB)2550000000709671 035 $a(EBL)1097840 035 $a(OCoLC)823388803 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000831371 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12407935 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000831371 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10872519 035 $a(PQKB)11686449 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1097840 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1097840 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10635099 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL418426 035 $a(OCoLC)821265795 035 $a(OCoLC)1058567372 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134925 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000709671 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA history of social justice and political power in the Middle East $ethe Circle of Justice from Mesopotamia to globalization /$fLinda T. Darling 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (417 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-50362-0 311 $a0-415-50361-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: the Circle of Justice -- Mesopotamia: "that the strong might not oppress the weak" -- Persia: "the deeds god likes best are righteousness and justice" -- The Islamic Empire: "no prosperity without justice and good administration" -- Politics in transition: "curb the strong from riding on the weak" -- The Turks and Islamic civilization: "the most penetrating of arrows is the prayer of the oppressed" -- Mongols and Turks: "fierce toward offenders, and in judgements just" -- Early modern empires: "the world is a garden, its wall is the state" -- Modernization and revolution: "no justice without law applied equally to all" -- The Middle East in the twentieth century: "a regime can endure with impiety but not with injustice" -- Conclusion. 330 $aFrom ancient Mesopotamia into the 20th century, ""the Circle of Justice"" as a concept has pervaded Middle Eastern political thought and underpinned the exercise of power in the Middle East. The Circle of Justice depicts graphically how a government's justice toward the population generates political power, military strength, prosperity, and good administration. This book traces this set of relationships from its earliest appearance in the political writings of the Sumerians through four millennia of Middle Eastern culture. It explores how people conceptualized and acted upon this powerful insight, how they portrayed it in symbol, painting, and story, and how they transmitted it from one regime to the next. Moving towards the modern day, the author shows how, although the Circle of Justice was largely dropped from political discourse, it did not disappear from people's political culture and expectations of government. The book demonstrates the Circle's relevance to the Iranian Revolution and the rise of Islamist movements all over the Middle East, and suggests how the concept remains relevant in an age of capitalism 606 $aPolitical science$zMiddle East$xPhilosophy$xHistory 606 $aPolitical culture$zMiddle East$xHistory 606 $aPower (Social sciences)$zMiddle East$xHistory 606 $aSocial justice$zMiddle East$xHistory 607 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPolitical science$xPhilosophy$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical culture$xHistory. 615 0$aPower (Social sciences)$xHistory. 615 0$aSocial justice$xHistory. 676 $a320.95601/1 700 $aDarling$b Linda T.$f1945-,$0690113 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779434803321 996 $aA history of social justice and political power in the Middle East$93772749 997 $aUNINA