AUTHOR APPROVED
'This is an outstanding and most welcome book. Since its first publication in 2001, Islam and its corollaries of Islamism and Islamophobia have become household words and everyday currency in Western media. Unfortunately, the upsurge of rhetoric is not equivalent to any substantial knowledge in this area. Fortunately, this revised and updated edition of the text can remedy the pervasive historical and intellectual knowledge gaps. Antony Black, one of the most renowned historians of intellectual and religious ideas, offers us a guide to a complex but crucially important topic in our time. His book deserves the widest possible readership.'
Fred Dallmayr, author of /Dialogue Among Civilizations/
Reviews of the first edition:
'A sophisticated analysis... and a remarkable synthesis... Fills a serious gap in the literature.'
/English Historical Review/
'Essential reading for the westerner and non-Muslim eager to know something deeper about the Muslim condition in contemporary times.'
/Review of Politics/
This comprehensive overview describes and interprets the various strands of Islamic political thought from early Islam through the classical Islamic philosophers to modernism and revivalism today. It covers major thinkers such as Ibn Rushd (Averroes) and Ibn Taymiyya as well as the political cultures of the Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal empires. Ibn Khladun emerges as one of the most original political thinkers ever. It draws upon a wide range of sources, including writings on religion, law, philosophy and statecraft, expressed in treatises, handbooks and public utterances.
This new edition discusses and analyses the connections between religion and politics. It incorporates recent developments in Islamic political thought before and after 9/11, and concludes with a critical survey of reformism and Islamism today.
Key Features of the Second Edition
Revised and updated throughout
A new final section on Islam and the West
New bibliographies of pri

Map; Time Chart; Introduction; Part I: The Messenger and the Law c.622-1000; 1. The Mission of Muhammad; 2. The Idea of Monarchy under the Umayyads and `Abbasids c.661-850; 3. The Formation of the Shari'a; 4. Shi'ism; 5. The Restoration of Persia c.850-1050; 6. Knowledge and Power: Philosophy without the Polis; Part II: Religion and State Power (din wa dawla): Sunni Doctrine & the State c.900-1220; 7. The Theory of the Caliphate; 8. State and Religion under the Saljuqs; 9. Al-Ghazali: Mysticism and Politics; 10. The Ethics of Power: Advice-to-Kings (nasihat al-muluk); 11. Ibn Rushd; 12. The Politics of Sufism; Part III: The Shari`a and the Sword c.1220-1500; 13. The Rape of Asia; 14. Mamluk Ideology and the Sultan-Caliph; 15. Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-74): Social Philosophy and Status Groups; 16. Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328): Shari`a Governance (al-siyasa al-shari`yya); 17. The Delhi Sultanate and al-Barani: Statecraft and Morality; 18. Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406): The Science of Civilization and the Governance of Islam; 19. The Decline of Classical Islamic Political Thought; Part IV: Religious Ideology and Political Control in Early Modern States; 20. A New World Order; 21. The State of the House of Osman (devlet-i al-i Osman); 22. The Safavids; 23. India and the Mughals; 24. The Decline and Reform of the Ottoman Empire; Part V: Islam and the West; 25. Modernism from the Ottoman Reforms to the Turkish Revolution; 26. Conservatism and Modernism in Iran; 27. Islamism; 28. Islamism, Reformism and the Secular State; Conclusion; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.